selinux-policy-3.5.13-46.fc10.noarch - slight hiccup!

[Tony Molloy]

On Tuesday 03 March 2009 09:46:19 Mike Cloaked wrote:
> Mike Cloaked wrote:
> > "Summary
> > SELinux is preventing procmail (procmail_t) "write" to ./tmp (usr_t).
> > Detailed Description
> > SELinux denied access requested by procmail. It is not expected that this
> > access is required by procmail and this access may signal an intrusion
> > attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration
> > of the application is causing it to require additional access.
> > Allowing Access
> > Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to
> > restore the default system file context for ./tmp, restorecon -v './tmp'
> > If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this
> > access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this
> > access - see FAQ Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether.
> > Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a bug report
> > against this package.
> > Additional Information
> > Source Context:  system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0
> > Target Context:  system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0
> > Target Objects:  ./tmp [ dir ]
> > Source:  procmail
> > Source Path:  /usr/bin/procmail"
> >
> > I have rebooted and I have restorecon -vR /home as user - and of course
> > this refers to ./tmp which is not in my home area so there is somewhere
> > else that there is a wrongly set tmp directory now - and I can't find it!
> >
> > This is not good - really not good.
>
> Seems that /var/spool/mail (which is bind mounted) had its contexts messed
> up - and restorecon -vR /var/spool/mail seems to have fixed this issue.
>
> In fact I wonder now if bind mounted directories are where the problem is
> being seen?  In my case I have bind mounted user areas and bind mounted
> mail spools...  perhaps if you don't have any bind mounts you don't see a
> problem?
> --

Mike,


That could be it. I don't have any bind mounted directories.

regards,

Tony

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