Bug 956989

Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/useradd from 'write' accesses on the directory /var/lib.

*****  Plugin catchall_labels (83.8 confidence) suggests  ********************

If you want to allow useradd to have write access on the lib directory
Then you need to change the label on /var/lib
Do
# semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '/var/lib'
where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: alsa_home_t, audio_home_t, auth_home_t, cache_home_t, config_home_t, data_home_t, dbus_home_t, default_context_t, etc_t, fetchmail_home_t, file_context_t, gconf_home_t, git_user_content_t, gkeyringd_gnome_home_t, gnome_home_t, gpg_secret_t, gstreamer_home_t, home_bin_t, home_cert_t, home_root_t, httpd_user_content_t, httpd_user_htaccess_t, httpd_user_ra_content_t, httpd_user_rw_content_t, httpd_user_script_exec_t, icc_data_home_t, iceauth_home_t, irc_home_t, irc_tmp_t, irssi_home_t, kismet_home_t, krb5_home_t, local_login_home_t, mail_home_rw_t, mail_home_t, mail_spool_t, mozilla_home_t, mpd_user_data_t, mplayer_home_t, mysqld_home_t, pcscd_var_run_t, polipo_cache_home_t, polipo_config_home_t, procmail_home_t, pulseaudio_home_t, rlogind_home_t, rssh_ro_t, rssh_rw_t, screen_home_t, selinux_config_t, selinux_login_config_t, semanage_store_t, semanage_tmp_t, spamc_home_t, ssh_home_t, stapserver_var_lib_t, svirt_home_t, telepathy_cache_home_t, telepathy_data_home_t, telepathy_gabble_cache_home_t, telepathy_logger_cache_home_t, telepathy_logger_data_home_t, telepathy_mission_control_cache_home_t, telepathy_mission_control_data_home_t, telepathy_mission_control_home_t, telepathy_sunshine_home_t, thumb_home_t, tmp_t, tvtime_home_t, uml_ro_t, uml_rw_t, user_fonts_cache_t, user_fonts_config_t, user_fonts_t, user_home_dir_t, user_home_t, user_tmp_t, user_tmpfs_t, useradd_var_run_t, var_run_t, var_t, virt_content_t, virt_home_t, vmware_conf_t, vmware_file_t, wine_home_t, wireshark_home_t, xauth_home_t, xdm_home_t. 
Then execute: 
restorecon -v '/var/lib'


*****  Plugin catchall (17.1 confidence) suggests  ***************************

If you believe that useradd should be allowed write access on the lib directory by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# grep useradd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                unconfined_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0
Target Objects                /var/lib [ dir ]
Source                        useradd
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/useradd
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           shadow-utils-4.1.5.1-2.fc18.i686
Target RPM Packages           filesystem-3.1-2.fc18.i686
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.11.1-91.fc18.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 3.8.8-202.fc18.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed
                              Apr 17 23:36:49 UTC 2013 i686 i686
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    2013-04-25 21:35:01 CEST
Last Seen                     2013-04-25 21:35:02 CEST
Local ID                      3d5891d8-53d3-4453-9b6d-c203e7854b36

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1366918502.61:631): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=14766 comm="useradd" name="lib" dev="sda5" ino=524290 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tclass=dir


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1366918502.61:631): arch=i386 syscall=mkdir success=no exit=EACCES a0=bfbf6ec8 a1=0 a2=b7749d1c a3=bfbf6ec8 items=0 ppid=14758 pid=14766 auid=1000 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 ses=2 tty=pts1 comm=useradd exe=/usr/sbin/useradd subj=unconfined_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Hash: useradd,useradd_t,var_lib_t,dir,write

audit2allow

#============= useradd_t ==============
allow useradd_t var_lib_t:dir write;

audit2allow -R
require {
	type useradd_t;
}

#============= useradd_t ==============
files_rw_var_lib_dirs(useradd_t)


Additional info:
hashmarkername: setroubleshoot
kernel:         3.8.8-202.fc18.i686.PAE
type:           libreport

Potential duplicate: bug 754883