Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1507048
open-vm-tools logfiles lacks correct labels
Last modified: 2018-04-10 08:45:39 EDT
Description of problem: open-vm-tools are creating two logfiles: /var/log/vmware-vmsvc.log /var/log/vmware-vgauthsvc.log.0 Both files are created with the label system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0, a restorecon relables it to system_u:object_r:vmware_log_t:s0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-3.13.1-166.el7_4.4.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Provision RHEL 7 & open-vm-tools 2. restorecon -Rnv /var/log Actual results: restorecon reset /var/log/vmware-vmsvc.log context system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0->system_u:object_r:vmware_log_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/log/vmware-vgauthsvc.log.0 context system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0->system_u:object_r:vmware_log_t:s0 Expected results: No relabling necessairy as logfiles are created correctly. Additional info:
Hi, Could you run daemons: vmstoolsd and vgauthd and then attach output of: # ps -efZ Thanks, Lukas.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0763