Description of problem:

Just following the instructions in the alert box

[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# /sbin/restorecon -v /dev/sda
[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# ls -lZ /dev/sda
brw-r-----  root disk system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t /dev/sda
[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# 

Didn't seem to change status, so filed this bug report

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


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  
2. Noticed yellow star on menu bar
3. click on yellow star - read alerts
  
Actual results:

No alerts

(Would also like to turn on strict selinux as well - one of these days.


Expected results:


Additional info:

Summary
    SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/smartd (fsdaemon_t) "read write" access to
    device sda.

Detailed Description
    SELinux has denied the /usr/sbin/smartd (fsdaemon_t) "read write" access to
    device sda. sda is mislabeled, this device has the default label of the /dev
    directory, which should not happen.  All Character and/or Block Devices
    should have a label. You can attempt to change the label of the file using
    restorecon -v sda. If this device remains labeled device_t, then this is a
    bug in SELinux policy. Please file a
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against the selinux-policy
    package. If you look at the other similar devices labels, ls -lZ
    /dev/SIMILAR, and find a type that would work for sda, you can use chcon -t
    SIMILAR_TYPE sda, If this fixes the problem, you can make this permanent by
    executing semanage fcontext -a -t SIMILAR_TYPE sda If the restorecon changes
    the context, this indicates that the application that created the device,
    created it without using SELinux APIs.  If you can figure out which
    application created the device, please file a
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this application.

Allowing Access
    Attempt restorecon -v sda or chcon -t SIMILAR_TYPE sda

Additional Information        

Source Context                system_u:system_r:fsdaemon_t
Target Context                system_u:object_r:device_t
Target Objects                sda [ blk_file ]
Affected RPM Packages         smartmontools-5.36-3.2.fc6 [application]
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-2.4.6-17.fc6
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   plugins.device
Host Name                     hoho2.chidig.com
Platform                      Linux hoho2.chidig.com 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 #1 SMP
                              Wed Dec 20 14:51:46 EST 2006 i686 i686
Alert Count                   21
First Seen                    Fri 12 Jan 2007 07:58:40 PM CST
Last Seen                     Tue 16 Jan 2007 02:28:40 PM CST
Local ID                      48b377dc-48b4-4fea-9433-dc4d27d5dcf5
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

avc: denied { read, write } for comm="smartd" dev=tmpfs egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/sbin/smartd" exit=3 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="sda" pid=2523
scontext=system_u:system_r:fsdaemon_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:fsdaemon_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=blk_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:device_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0



Not so easy to find version...

[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# /sbin/restorecon --version
/sbin/restorecon: invalid option -- -
usage:  /sbin/restorecon [-iFnrRv] [-e excludedir ] [-o filename ] [-f filename
| pathname... ]
[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# /sbin/restorecon -V
/sbin/restorecon: invalid option -- V
usage:  /sbin/restorecon [-iFnrRv] [-e excludedir ] [-o filename ] [-f filename
| pathname... ]
[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]# /sbin/restorecon --help
/sbin/restorecon: invalid option -- -
usage:  /sbin/restorecon [-iFnrRv] [-e excludedir ] [-o filename ] [-f filename
| pathname... ]
[root@hoho2 sql-ledger-progs]#