Bug 444846

Description of problem:


Summary:

SELinux is preventing tmpwatch (tmpreaper_t) "setattr" to ./pdftex (var_lib_t).

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by tmpwatch. It is not expected that this access
is required by tmpwatch and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is
also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is
causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access:

Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore
the default system file context for ./pdftex,

restorecon -v './pdftex'

If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access.
Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:tmpreaper_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0
Target Objects                ./pdftex [ dir ]
Source                        tmpwatch
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/tmpwatch
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          localhost.localdomain
Source RPM Packages           tmpwatch-2.9.13-2
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.3.1-42.fc9
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall_file
Host Name                     localhost.localdomain
Platform                      Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25-8.fc9.x86_64 #1
                              SMP Wed Apr 23 03:20:41 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   4
First Seen                    Sat 26 Apr 2008 07:35:43 PM CDT
Last Seen                     Wed 30 Apr 2008 07:53:27 PM CDT
Local ID                      724f3df5-9957-43c1-bbc2-bb0782ff64e7
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

host=localhost.localdomain type=AVC msg=audit(1209603207.390:25): avc:  denied 
{ setattr } for  pid=7964 comm="tmpwatch" name="pdftex" dev=dm-2 ino=1687637
scontext=system_u:system_r:tmpreaper_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tclass=dir

host=localhost.localdomain type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1209603207.390:25):
arch=c000003e syscall=132 success=no exit=-13 a0=4030ba a1=7fffbb3df940
a2=33ef167a60 a3=33ef167a58 items=0 ppid=7962 pid=7964 auid=4294967295 uid=0
gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295
comm="tmpwatch" exe="/usr/sbin/tmpwatch" subj=system_u:system_r:tmpreaper_t:s0
key=(null)



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. This happens daily on my x86_64 F9 preview + updates box
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Actual results:


Expected results:
no setroubleshoot reports

Additional info:

I think when the man pages /documents are being made as a cronjob, this
directory gets made in /tmp/pdftex, which tmpwatch is denied permission to look
in, while looking for files to clean up.