Summary SELinux is preventing /bin/cat (logwatch_t) "read" to log.smbd (samba_share_t). Detailed Description SELinux denied access requested by /bin/cat. It is not expected that this access is required by /bin/cat and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing Access Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for log.smbd, restorecon -v log.smbd If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385 Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this package. Additional Information Source Context system_u:system_r:logwatch_t Target Context system_u:object_r:samba_share_t Target Objects log.smbd [ file ] Affected RPM Packages coreutils-6.9-2.fc7 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Permissive Plugin Name plugins.catchall_file Host Name io Platform Linux io 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:47:07 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 1 First Seen Sun 03 Jun 2007 05:29:40 AM EDT Last Seen Sun 03 Jun 2007 05:29:40 AM EDT Local ID 5f8c7f0f-164f-4d51-b379-5c78a8b3c1f6 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { read } for comm="cat" dev=sda1 egid=0 euid=0 exe="/bin/cat" exit=3 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="log.smbd" pid=30280 scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=file tcontext=system_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0
whoops. first 2 summaries here: SELinux is preventing 0logwatch (logwatch_t) "read" to samba (samba_share_t). SELinux is preventing 0logwatch (logwatch_t) "getattr" to /var/log/samba/log.europa (samba_share_t).
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7
Closing as fixes are in the current release