Bug 244141 - SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/updatedb (locate_t) "write" to socket (nscd_var_run_t).
Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/updatedb (locate_t) "write" to socket (nscd_va...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy-targeted
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-14 04:02 UTC by Chris Edsall
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-06-14 13:18:54 UTC
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Description Chris Edsall 2007-06-14 04:02:16 UTC 
Description of problem:

With name service caching daemon (nscd) enabled, locate generates an selinux
violation that results in 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

[root@smog ~]# cat /etc/issue ; rpm -q selinux-policy-targeted  mlocate
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Kernel \r on an \m

selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-12.fc7
mlocate-0.16-1

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable nscd at installation
2. wait for updatedb to run
  
Actual results:

Error message 
SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/updatedb (locate_t) "write" to socket
(nscd_var_run_t).

Expected results:

No error

Additional info:

sealert output attached
Comment 1 Chris Edsall 2007-06-14 04:02:16 UTC 
Created attachment 156951 [details]
sealert output
Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2007-06-14 13:18:54 UTC 
Are you running in permissive mode.  This avc should be blocked in enforcing mode.

If the avc message does not show up in enforcing mode it is not a bug.
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