This is likely a problem caused by a selinux policy added in fc38 to protect request-key.

kafs-client installs /etc/request-key.d/kafs_dns.conf

  $ cat /etc/request-key.d/kafs_dns.conf
  create  dns_resolver afsdb:*    *               /usr/libexec/kafs-dns %k

and the request to resolve the cell location fails when selinux in enforcing mode.

Yep, that's right now I look

---
# sealert -l 95160b35-fc8c-40f8-82a1-7411522e98ee
SELinux is preventing request-key from execute access on the file /usr/libexec/kafs-dns.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that request-key should be allowed execute access on the kafs-dns file by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# ausearch -c 'request-key' --raw | audit2allow -M my-requestkey
# semodule -X 300 -i my-requestkey.pp


Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:keyutils_request_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0
Target Objects                /usr/libexec/kafs-dns [ file ]
Source                        request-key
Source Path                   request-key
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          fedora19
Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           kafs-client-0.4-8.fc38.x86_64
SELinux Policy RPM            selinux-policy-targeted-38.15-1.fc38.noarch
Local Policy RPM              selinux-policy-targeted-38.15-1.fc38.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Host Name                     fedora19
Platform                      Linux fedora19 6.3.4-201.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP
                              PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat May 27 15:08:36 UTC 2023
                              x86_64
Alert Count                   24
First Seen                    2023-05-18 13:30:19 AEST
Last Seen                     2023-06-09 10:04:20 AEST
Local ID                      95160b35-fc8c-40f8-82a1-7411522e98ee

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1686269060.1:6101): avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=917200 comm="request-key" name="kafs-dns" dev="dm-1" ino=786742 scontext=system_u:system_r:keyutils_request_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=1


Hash: request-key,keyutils_request_t,bin_t,file,execute
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Flipping to "setenforce 0" and I can open the directory just fine

I guess the question is whether kafs-dns should be in the base policy or be added by the kafs-client package.

I created a local TE file.  I'm not sure it's exactly right but @Ian's initial repo works as expected with it loaded

[tony@thor ~]$ sudo cat /etc/selinux/local/kafs.request-key.te

module kafs.request-key 3.0;

require {
	type kernel_t;
	type bin_t;
	type keyutils_request_t;
	type net_conf_t;
	class file { execute execute_no_trans map read };
	class lnk_file read;
	class udp_socket create;
	class key setattr;
}

#============= keyutils_request_t ==============
allow keyutils_request_t bin_t:file { execute execute_no_trans };
allow keyutils_request_t bin_t:file map;
allow keyutils_request_t kernel_t:key setattr;
allow keyutils_request_t net_conf_t:file read;
allow keyutils_request_t net_conf_t:lnk_file read;
allow keyutils_request_t self:udp_socket create;

Ian,

Could you try the following scratchbuild?

https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux-policy/pull/1750
Checks -> Artifacts -> rpms.zip

(In reply to Zdenek Pytela from comment #5)
> Ian,
> 
> Could you try the following scratchbuild?
> 
> https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux-policy/pull/1750
> Checks -> Artifacts -> rpms.zip

Works for me on f38; no AVCs are logged in permissive mode, and the afs dynamic root works as expected in enforcing mode.

(In reply to Marc Dionne (Auristor) from comment #6)
> Works for me on f38; no AVCs are logged in permissive mode, and the afs
> dynamic root works as expected in enforcing mode.

Thanks for confirming.

FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba

FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

FEDORA-2023-ba070ee6ba has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.