Starting stunnel from xinetd

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Running fully updated Fedora 8, trying to start stunnel from xinetd, and
> getting a couple of denials:
> 
> type=AVC msg=audit(1205149512.996:2338): avc:  denied  { write } for
> pid=14322 comm="stunnel" name="random_seed" dev=md1 ino=819429
> scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:stunnel_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:stunnel_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
Confined apps writing to /etc is frowned upon. /etc/ should be
considered R/O.  If you move this file to /var/run/stunnel and change
the config, it should work.
> 
> type=AVC msg=audit(1205149512.998:2339): avc:  denied  { name_bind } for
>  pid=14322 comm="stunnel" src=2873
> scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:stunnel_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket
> 
> Aren't these things that stunnel should be expected to do?
> 

You have to define ports that stunnel can listen to.

semanage port -a -t stunnel_port_t -P tcp 2873


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