Description of problem: targeted policy does not allow pppd to update /etc/resolv.conf Actual results: SELinux prevents pppd from updating /etc/resolv.conf Expected results: pppd updates /etc/resolv.conf Additional info: Source Context: system_u:system_r:pppd_t Target Context: user_u:object_r:pppd_etc_t Target Objects: resolv.conf [ file ] Affected RPM Packages: ppp-2.4.4-1.fc6 [application] Policy RPM: selinux-policy-2.4.6-69.fc6 Selinux Enabled: True Policy Type: targeted MLS Enabled: True Enforcing Mode: Permissive Plugin Name: plugins.disable_trans Host Name: kasmith Platform: Linux kasmith 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Apr 27 19:48:40 EDT 2007 i686 i686 Alert Count: 106 Line Numbers: Raw Audit Messages :avc: denied { write } for comm="pppd" dev=dm-4 egid=0 euid=0 exe="/usr/sbin/pppd" exit=11 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="resolv.conf" pid=3604 scontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=file tcontext=user_u:object_r:pppd_etc_t:s0 tty=ttyUSB2 uid=0
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-74.fc6
Fixed in current release