Summary SELinux is preventing samba (/usr/sbin/smbd) "append" to /var/log/samba/log.smbd (samba_log_t). Detailed Description SELinux denied samba access to /var/log/samba/log.smbd. If you want to share this directory with samba it has to have a file context label of samba_share_t. If you did not intend to use /var/log/samba/log.smbd as a samba repository it could indicate either a bug or it could signal a intrusion attempt. Allowing Access You can alter the file context by executing chcon -R -t samba_share_t /var/log/samba/log.smbd The following command will allow this access: chcon -R -t samba_share_t /var/log/samba/log.smbd Additional Information Source Context user_u:system_r:smbd_t Target Context user_u:object_r:samba_log_t Target Objects /var/log/samba/log.smbd [ file ] Affected RPM Packages samba-3.0.25a-3.fc7 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.6.4-12.fc7 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name plugins.samba_share Host Name xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Platform Linux xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:47:07 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 31 First Seen Thu 14 Jun 2007 08:22:44 PM BST Last Seen Thu 14 Jun 2007 08:22:44 PM BST Local ID 03030d20-a8df-4546-ac0a-57e41d8a204e Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { append } for comm="smbd" dev=sda2 egid=0 euid=0 exe="/usr/sbin/smbd" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="log.smbd" path="/var/log/samba/log.smbd" pid=17215 scontext=user_u:system_r:smbd_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=user_u:system_r:smbd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=file tcontext=user_u:object_r:samba_log_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0
This occured the first time I started samba on a freshly installed and updated machine.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 244273 ***