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Description of problem:
With SELinux enforcing, issuing a cobbler sync results in:

..snip...
running: service dhcpd restart
received on stdout: Shutting down dhcpd: [  OK  ]
Starting dhcpd: [  OK  ]

received on stderr: /etc/init.d/functions: line 19: /sbin/consoletype: Permission denied
..snip..

Putting SELinux into permissive prevents this from happening.

Unfortunately nothing is reported in audit.log as far as I can tell.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# rpm -qa | grep cobbler
cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6.noarch

# rpm -qa | grep selinux
ipa-server-selinux-3.0.0-26.el6_4.4.x86_64
libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.3.el6_4.1.x86_64
libselinux-2.0.94-5.3.el6_4.1.x86_64
selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6_4.18.noarch
libselinux-ruby-2.0.94-5.3.el6_4.1.x86_64
libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.3.el6_4.1.x86_64
selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.18.noarch
pki-selinux-9.0.3-30.el6.noarch


How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run cobbler sync
2.
3.

Actual results:
received on stderr: /etc/init.d/functions: line 19: /sbin/consoletype: Permission denied

Expected results:
No error

Additional info:

Created attachment 833303 [details]
Strace of cobbler sync

strace -f -e write=1,2 cobbler sync 2>cobbler.strace output with SELinux in enforcing mode

We would need to see AVC msgs.

As I stated above, no AVC messages are seen in audit.log - this is why I attached the strace.

Does it work in permissive mode?

(In reply to Miroslav Grepl from comment #4)
> Does it work in permissive mode?

Yes, as I mentioned in the original report, switching to permissive (setenforce 0) makes everything work as it should, and the message "received on stderr: /etc/init.d/functions: line 19: /sbin/consoletype: Permission denied" is not displayed.

Could you try with dontaudit rules off.

#semodule -DB
Generate the AVCs

Look for consoletype command and see if there are AVCs related.
#semodule -B

Will turn dontaudit rules back on.

Hm. Unfortunately I can no longer reproduce the problem. I notice the system has recently updated to selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-231.el6.noarch, so perhaps that addressed the issue somehow. I'll close this and re-open it if I see it again.