Weird selinux problem with sendmail

[Adam Huffman]

On Nov 25, 2007 8:45 AM, Knute Johnson <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:
> I loaded F8 onto my old mail server computer and started to
> reassemble it.  But I'm getting a strange message from sendmail and a
> selinux avc to go with it.  I do not have a .forward file and I have
> an almost identical system running that doesn't have one either and
> doesn't give any errors.  I don't know if this is a sendmail problem
> or a selinux problem.  The mail comes and goes OK.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> knute...
>
> Nov 25 00:32:39 www sendmail[7802]: lAP8Wche007801: forward
> /home/knute/.forward.www: Permission denied
> Nov 25 00:32:39 www sendmail[7802]: lAP8Wche007801: forward
> /home/knute/.forward: Permission denied
>
> Nov 25 00:40:55 www kernel: audit(1195980055.494:277): avc:  denied
> { getattr } for  pid=7949 comm="sendmail" path="/home/knute" dev=dm-0
> ino=262146 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0
> tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:unconfined_home_dir_t:s0 tclass=dir


I don't have any ideas for solving it but I'm seeing very similar
messages, on a box upgraded from F7 to F8.

Adam