Is SELinux blocking all forward-only mail agents? (esmtp/ssmtp)

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On 12/15/2008 04:22 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
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>> NM wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:18:52 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
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>>>> Long term, policy for this type of forwarder would need to be written.
>>>>
>>>> Short term, you could try re-using the sendmail policy:
>>>>
>>>> e.g.
>>>> # chcon -t sendmail_exec_t /path/to/ssmtp
>>>>
>>>> See if that helps.
>>>>       
>>> Thanks, will try.
>>>
>>>     
>> I will add labeling for
>>
>>
>> /usr/sbin/ssmtp         --
>> gen_context(system_u:object_r:sendmail_exec_t,s0)
>> /usr/bin/esmtp            --
>> gen_context(system_u:object_r:sendmail_exec_t,s0)
>>
>> To the policy packages.
>>   
> Thanks, Dan!
> Now, asking as maintainer of these packages in EPEL: any chance of
> propagating this policy changes to RHEL 4/5 ?
> 
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5.3 policy currently preview at selinux-policy-2.4.6-201.el5  will have
the fixed labeling.
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