Description of problem: The default targeted policy blocks the avahi daemon service Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): avahi-0.5.2-6 selinux-policy-targeted-1.27.2-19 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: # /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start Actual results: Nov 13 16:18:25 rousalka avahi-daemon[3827]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 70) and group 'avahi' (GID 70). Nov 13 16:18:25 rousalka avahi-daemon[3827]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Nov 13 16:18:25 rousalka avahi-daemon[3827]: avahi-daemon 0.5.2 starting up. Nov 13 16:18:25 rousalka avahi-daemon[3827]: bind(): Permission denied type=AVC msg=audit(1131895125.515:343): avc: denied { setattr } for pid=3835 comm="avahi-daemon" name="avahi-daemon" dev=dm-0 ino=2654210 scontext=root:system_r:avahi_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=dir type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1131895125.515:343): arch=c000003e syscall=92 success=no exit=-13 a0=40f28d a1=46 a2=46 a3=517270 items=1 pid=3835 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 comm="avahi-daemon" exe="/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon" type=CWD msg=audit(1131895125.515:343): cwd="/" type=PATH msg=audit(1131895125.515:343): item=0 name="/var/run/avahi-daemon/" flags=1 inode=2654210 dev=fd:00 mode=040755 ouid=70 ogid=70 rdev=00:00 type=AVC msg=audit(1131895125.519:344): avc: denied { create } for pid=3835 comm="avahi-daemon" name="socket" scontext=root:system_r:avahi_t:s0 tcontext=root:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=sock_file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1131895125.519:344): arch=c000003e syscall=49 success=no exit=-13 a0=9 a1=7ffffffb20d0 a2=6e a3=1a items=1 pid=3835 auid=500 uid=70 gid=70 euid=70 suid=70 fsuid=70 egid=70 sgid=70 fsgid=70 comm="avahi-daemon" exe="/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon" type=SOCKADDR msg=audit(1131895125.519:344): saddr=01002F7661722F72756E2F61766168692D6461656D6F6E2F736F636B65740000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 type=PATH msg=audit(1131895125.519:344): item=0 flags=10 inode=2654210 dev=fd:00 mode=040755 ouid=70 ogid=70 rdev=00:00
This is a labeling problem. restorecon -R -v /var/run Should clean it up. If it happens again, please reopen this bug.