Bug 116838 – tty devices aren't working right for command output

Bug 116838 - tty devices aren't working right for command output

Summary:	tty devices aren't working right for command output

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	policy (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Daniel Walsh
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Blocks:	FC2Blocker
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Reported:	2004-02-25 12:24 EST by Bill Nottingham
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:42 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	1.9.2-11
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Last Closed:	2004-04-05 18:47:14 EDT
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Description Bill Nottingham 2004-02-25 12:24:10 EST

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 14:43:06 EST

Fixed in latest policy.

policy-1.9.1-2

Comment 2 Ben Levenson 2004-04-05 18:47:14 EDT

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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