rsync can't write to /var/run/rsyncd.lock

[Murray McAllister]

Ian Pilcher wrote:
> selinux-policy-targeted-3.0.8-117.fc8
> 
> host=home.icp.selfip.net type=AVC msg=audit(1223194499.218:1065): avc:
> denied { read write } for pid=9837 comm="rsync" name="rsyncd.lock"
> dev=dm-1 ino=337788 scontext=system_u:system_r:rsync_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=file
> 
> host=home.icp.selfip.net type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1223194499.218:1065):
> arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=adfc60 a1=42 a2=180 a3=8
> items=0 ppid=9836 pid=9837 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0
> fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="rsync"
> exe="/usr/bin/rsync" subj=system_u:system_r:rsync_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> key=(null)
> 
Hi,

On Fedora 9, selinux-policy-3.3.1-95.fc9.noarch and 
selinux-policy-targeted-3.3.1-95.fc9.noarch:

$ grep rsyncd /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/*

/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts:/var/run/rsyncd\.lock 
        --      system_u:object_r:rsync_log_t:s0

Your first error looks like rsyncd.lock is labeled with the var_run_t 
type, so maybe it needs to be rsync_log_t type.

What output do you get from "grep rsyncd 
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/*"?

Maybe try running the following as root:

/sbin/restorecon -R -v /var/run/

There might be something wrong with rsyncd if it is creating files with 
the wrong type.