Description of problem: MySQL wants to change resource limits, presumably to allow it to open more than the default 1024 files. It's being turned down by the default targeted policy: type=AVC msg=audit(1129710527.170:31578): avc: denied { sys_resource } for pid=14869 comm="mysqld" capability=24 scontext=root:system_r:mysqld_t tcontext=root:system_r:mysqld_t tclass=capability type=AVC msg=audit(1129710527.170:31578): avc: denied { setrlimit } for pid=14869 comm="mysqld" scontext=root:system_r:mysqld_t tcontext=root:system_r:mysqld_t tclass=process type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1129710527.170:31578): arch=c000003e syscall=160 success=yes exit=0 a0=7 a1=7fffff9043f0 a2=46e a3=d2e6e0 items=0 pid=14869 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 comm="mysqld" exe="/usr/libexec/mysqld" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -q selinux-policy-targeted selinux-policy-targeted-1.27.1-2.3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./etc/init.d/mysql stop 2./etc/init.d/mysql start 3.view /var/log/audit/audit.log Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Fixed in selinux-policy-targeted-1.27.1-2.14
Closing as these have been marked as modified, for a while. Feel free to reopen if not fixed