Weird selinux problem with sendmail

[Knute Johnson]

>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

Well then by now it has probably resolved itself if you done an 
upgrade.  Mine took about an hour after the upgrade to stop the 
messages.

-- 
Knute Johnson
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