Bug 116838 - tty devices aren't working right for command output
Summary: tty devices aren't working right for command output
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: policy
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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Blocks: FC2Blocker
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Reported: 2004-02-25 17:24 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:42 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.9.2-11
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Last Closed: 2004-04-05 22:47:14 UTC
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Description Bill Nottingham 2004-02-25 17:24:10 UTC
Description of problem:

Certain apps fail to write their output to the tty.

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

policy-1.6-6

How reproducible:

Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. locate libplain.la
  
Actual results:

# locate libplain.la
savc: denied { read write } for pid=50001 exe=/usr/bin/slocate
path=/dev/tty dev=hda3 ino=450519 scontext=root:system-r:locate_t
tcontext=root:object_r:sysadm_tty_device_t tclass=chr_file

Expected results:

# locate libplain.la
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libplain.la

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2004-03-30 19:43:06 UTC
Fixed in latest policy.

policy-1.9.1-2

Comment 2 Ben Levenson 2004-04-05 22:47:14 UTC
fix verified in policy-1.9.2-11:
allow locate_t { userpty_type { sysadm_tty_device_t sysadm_devpts_t }
}:chr_file { ioctl read getattr lock write append };


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