Bug 1296379 – selinux is preventing collectd ipmi module from working

Bug 1296379 - selinux is preventing collectd ipmi module from working

Summary:	selinux is preventing collectd ipmi module from working

Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	selinux-policy-targeted (Show other bugs)
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Version:	23
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

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Assigned To:	Miroslav Grepl
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Reported:	2016-01-06 21:26 EST by Daniel Rowe
Modified:	2016-10-17 07:59 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2016-10-17 07:59:13 EDT
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Description Daniel Rowe 2016-01-06 21:26:39 EST

Description of problem:

Unable to use the collectd ipmi module:

AVC avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=5012 comm="collectd" name="ipmi0" dev="devtmpfs" ino=13972 scontext=system_u:system_r:collectd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ipmi_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file permissive=0


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

Latest F23 packages.


How reproducible:

Everytime.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install collectd and ipmid package on a box with ipmi (dell server in my case).
2. Run collectd with ipmid stats collection enabled
3. See fail

Actual results:

Denied  

Expected results:

Works

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Comment 1 Miroslav Grepl 2016-01-21 05:56:59 EST

Does it mean you use a collectd plugin?

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