"denied" error message

[Bill Tangren]

Bill Tangren wrote:
> I have the following error message showing up in my audit logs. This is 
> on an SELinux-enabled web server (running RHEL ES 4, fully patched). 
> This is actually an selinux error, so if this not the correct place to 
> ask this question, please let me know.
> 

Never mind. I got at least a partial answer by googling NSA's selinux mailing 
list archive. I quote from one of those pages:

"Typically, that audit message suggests that kernel is translating PROT_READ 
requests by that binary to PROT_READ|PROT_EXECUTE in order to provide 
compatibility with "legacy" binaries that presumed read-implies-exec logic."

This is an old program that is calling shared libraries. It isn't hurting the 
program, but it is filling up my audit logs. I guess I'll leave it alone.

Thanks anyway.