Bug 653199

Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ssmtp "create" access on dead.letter.

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by sendmail. It is not expected that this access
is required by sendmail 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://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug
report.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:mail_home_t:s0
Target Objects                dead.letter [ file ]
Source                        sendmail
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/ssmtp
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           ssmtp-2.61-15.fc14
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.7-10.fc14
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux Akira-Laptop 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP
                              Fri Oct 22 15:36:08 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Sun 14 Nov 2010 07:01:11 PM MYT
Last Seen                     Mon 15 Nov 2010 08:01:12 AM MYT
Local ID                      b2545548-bb24-40af-acf5-debaa238a6b4
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=Akira-Laptop type=AVC msg=audit(1289779272.177:21599): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=8995 comm="sendmail" name="dead.letter" scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_home_t:s0 tclass=file

node=Akira-Laptop type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1289779272.177:21599): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=2647450 a1=441 a2=1b6 a3=0 items=0 ppid=8972 pid=8995 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=11 comm="sendmail" exe="/usr/sbin/ssmtp" subj=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  catchall,sendmail,system_mail_t,mail_home_t,file,create
audit2allow suggests:

#============= system_mail_t ==============
allow system_mail_t mail_home_t:file create;