In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, SELinux denied communication between the Puppet configuration tool and the D-Bus interface when using the timedatectl command. The selinux-policy packages have been updated, and Puppet can now run timedatectl.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1861
Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-3.13.1-102.el7_3.4.noarch puppet-3.8.3-1.el7.noarch ruby-2.0.0.598-25.el7_1.x86_64 How reproducible: always on customer's site Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade to RHEL 7.3 2. Run the following puppet snippet: exec { "timedatectl set-timezone 'Europe/Zurich'": } Actual results: type=USER_AVC msg=audit(11/21/2016 15:04:49.306:59375) : pid=741 uid=dbus auid=unset ses=unset subj=system_u:system_r:system_dbusd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='avc: denied { send_msg } for msgtype=method_return dest=:1.1421 spid=31613 tpid=31615 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_timedated_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:puppetagent_t:s0 tclass=dbus exe=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon sauid=dbus hostname=? addr=? terminal=?' Expected results: <no user avc> Additional info: The puppet agent process run as puppetagent_t in RHEL 7.3: system_u:system_r:puppetagent_t:s0 root 21280 1 0 10:18 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent --no-daemonize whereas in RHEL 7.2 it was running as unconfined_service_t: system_u:system_r:unconfined_service_t:s0 root 1068 1 0 Oct28 ? 00:02:22 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent --no-daemonize