Bug 546352

Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/dovecot "write" access on
/var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log.

Detailed Description:

[SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.]

SELinux denied access requested by dovecot. It is not expected that this access
is required by dovecot 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:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug
report.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:SystemLow
Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_log_t:SystemLow
Target Objects                /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log [ file ]
Source                        dovecot
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/dovecot
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           dovecot-1.2.8-2.fc12
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri
                              Dec 4 00:06:26 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   1
First Seen                    Wed 09 Dec 2009 09:37:55 AM CST
Last Seen                     Wed 09 Dec 2009 09:37:55 AM CST
Local ID                      24c6ac4b-c559-4c7f-9a0d-b3d36b8b72e2
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260373075.487:10): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=1862 comm="dovecot" name="dovecot.log" dev=dm-0 ino=18516027 scontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1260373075.487:10): arch=c000003e syscall=21 success=yes exit=0 a0=124cf88 a1=2 a2=20 a3=7fffde8f93c0 items=0 ppid=1861 pid=1862 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="dovecot" exe="/usr/sbin/dovecot" subj=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12,catchall,dovecot,dovecot_t,var_log_t,file,write
audit2allow suggests:

#============= dovecot_t ==============
allow dovecot_t var_log_t:file write;