Description of problem: Cron mails me every hour with an email containing: execl: couldn't exec `/bin/bash' execl: Permission denied Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.4-20.fc7 from updates-testing How reproducible: Install this selinux-policy package. Wait for the top of the hour. avcs I see: type=USER_START msg=audit(1182362461.375:187): user pid=2031 uid=0 auid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:cro nd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='PAM: session open acct=root : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" (hostname=?, addr=?, te rminal=cron res=success)' type=AVC msg=audit(1182362461.377:188): avc: denied { transition } for pid=2033 comm="crond" name ="bash" dev=sda2 ino=326090 scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=user_u:system _r:unconfined_t:s0 tclass=process type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1182362461.377:188): arch=c000003e syscall=59 success=no exit=-13 a0=5555557e e596 a1=7ffff7eae780 a2=5555557ef3b0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=2031 pid=2033 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid= 0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="crond" exe="/usr/sbin/crond" subj=system_u:system_r :crond_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) type=AVC_PATH msg=audit(1182362461.377:188): path="/bin/bash" type=CRED_DISP msg=audit(1182362461.397:189): user pid=2031 uid=0 auid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:cron d_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='PAM: setcred acct=root : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal =cron res=success)' type=USER_END msg=audit(1182362461.397:190): user pid=2031 uid=0 auid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:crond _t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='PAM: session close acct=root : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" (hostname=?, addr=?, ter minal=cron res=success)'
This was fixed in the very next release, 2.6.4-21. Closing.