Fedora 10 Selinux Denies Firefox Ability to Upload Picture

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Ole Ersoy (ole.ersoy at gmail.com):
>>> Are you running with nsplugin_t?  ps -eZ | grep nsplugin
>> [root at ole Download]# ps -eZ | grep nsplugin
>> [root at ole Download]# 
>>
>>> What file system are you using?
>> ext3
>>
>>> What is the exact behaviour that is being blocked?
>> I tried uploading a photo to facebook, and kept getting a "one
>> sentence" postback from facebook saying the image could not be
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Another thing to consider is that facebook (or someone else)
> might have been trying to do something other than get that
> picture, and selinux rightfully stopped it.
> 
>> uploaded.  I tried it 3-4 times, just to make sure it was not a
>> temporary thing on their side.  Then I ran setenforce 0, and the image
>> uploaded fine.  So I assumed selinux was blocking firefox from reading
>> the image.  I've been trying to duplicate the result with SELinux
>> enforcing though, after rebooting, and now I can upload images without
>> a problem, so I'm wondering whether it was just a coincidence that
>> setenforce 0 worked.  If no one else has the problem, then it's
>> probably just a coincidence.  I have a better idea on how to isolate
>> the message in the log now, so if it happens again, I'll hopefully be
>> able to get a better grasp on why.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Ole
>>
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Ok, if it happens again, don't hesitate to ping me.
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