Firefox on strict policy

[Daniel J Walsh]

Ken wrote:
> I am attempting to get a strict policy working on my FC-6 system 
> (version 2.4.3-2.fc6).  I have successfully created a user account,  
> and I can log both the root and the user account into the GUI.  I am 
> attempting to get Firefox to work and I am having difficulties.  If I 
> click on the Firefox icon, I see the program listed as opening, and it 
> stays that way for a few seconds and then disappears.  If I check the 
> message log (var/log/messages), there are no messages (either avc or 
> other) generated as a result of the attempt. This only happens when 
> the policy is enforcing.  When the policy is is not enforcing, Firefox 
> loads properly -- also with no messages.  I have noticed that Firefox 
> is not writing to its .mozilla folder when the policy is enforcing, 
> and that it does write to several files in this folder when it loads 
> properly.  This problem affects both my user account and the root 
> account.  Can someone please explain why I am not receiving any error 
> messages (or any messages at all), and let me know what needs to be 
> changed in order to load Firefox?
>
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check /var/log/audit/audit.log for avc messages.

I would guess you have a labeling problem on your home dir.

restorecon -R -v ~/