Attachment 274941 Details for Bug 407691 – append errors - report 1

append errors - report 1

append-gconfig.txt (text/plain), 3.09 KB, created by Jim Cornette on 2007-12-02 05:35:35 UTC

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>Summary
>    SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 (xdm_t) "append" to <Unknown>
>    (var_lib_t).
>
>Detailed Description
>    SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 (xdm_t) "append" to <Unknown>
>    (var_lib_t). The SELinux type var_lib_t, is a generic type for all files in
>    the directory and very few processes (SELinux Domains) are allowed to write
>    to this SELinux type.  This type of denial usual indicates a mislabeled
>    file.  By default a file created in a directory has the gets the context of
>    the parent directory, but SELinux policy has rules about the creation of
>    directories, that say if a process running in one SELinux Domain (D1)
>    creates a file in a directory with a particular SELinux File Context (F1)
>    the file gets a different File Context (F2).  The policy usually allows the
>    SELinux Domain (D1) the ability to write, unlink, and append on (F2).  But
>    if for some reason a file (<Unknown>) was created with the wrong context,
>    this domain will be denied.  The usual solution to this problem is to reset
>    the file context on the target file, restorecon -v <Unknown>.  If the file
>    context does not change from var_lib_t, then this is probably a bug in
>    policy.  Please file a http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi
>    against the selinux-policy package. If it does change, you can try your
>    application again to see if it works.  The file context could have been
>    mislabeled by editing the file or moving the file from a different
>    directory, if the file keeps getting mislabeled, check the init scripts to
>    see if they are doing something to mislabel the file.
>
>Allowing Access
>    You can attempt to fix file context by executing restorecon -v <Unknown>
>
>    The following command will allow this access:
>    restorecon <Unknown>
>
>Additional Information        
>
>Source Context                system_u:system_r:xdm_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
>Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_lib_t
>Target Objects                None [ file ]
>Affected RPM Packages         GConf2-2.20.1-2.fc9 [application]
>Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.1.2-2.fc9
>Selinux Enabled               True
>Policy Type                   targeted
>MLS Enabled                   True
>Enforcing Mode                Permissive
>Plugin Name                   plugins.mislabeled_file
>Host Name                     HP-JCF7
>Platform                      Linux HP-JCF7 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 #1 SMP Thu Nov 8
>                              21:41:26 EST 2007 i686 athlon
>Alert Count                   1
>First Seen                    Sat 01 Dec 2007 11:02:17 PM EST
>Last Seen                     Sat 01 Dec 2007 11:02:17 PM EST
>Local ID                      a8ca0514-5aa4-4fe3-9e4a-82ef72a95c74
>Line Numbers                  
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>Raw Audit Messages            
>
>avc: denied { append } for comm=gconfd-2 dev=sda6 egid=42 euid=42
>exe=/usr/libexec/gconfd-2 exit=14 fsgid=42 fsuid=42 gid=42 items=0
>name=saved_state pid=2433 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
>sgid=42 subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 suid=42 tclass=file
>tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=42
>

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