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Bug 430969

Summary: selinux prevent changing samba password when configured to synchronize unix password.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Lin Li <linl>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: low    
Version: 5.1CC: ebenes
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2008-0465 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Lin Li 2008-01-30 20:38:26 UTC 
Description of problem:
When samba is configured to synchronize with unix password, selinux prevent
changing samba password with non-root. If selinux is set to permissive, I still
get the same alert, but the password change succeded.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
samba version 3.0.25b-0.el5.4

How reproducible:
Constant reproducible.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Config samba to sychronize unix password.
2. Set selinux to enforce mode.
3. Su to the user
4. Run "smbpasswd -U user" to change password.

  
Actual results:
Change failed with selinux alert generated.

Expected results:


Additional info:
If turn off "unix password sync", change samba password works.
Comment 1 Lin Li 2008-01-30 20:38:26 UTC 
Created attachment 293481 [details]
selinux alert
Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2008-01-31 16:28:48 UTC 
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-118
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2008-01-31 16:36:04 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 7 Eduard Benes 2008-03-26 11:12:44 UTC 
Lin, could you please try the latest selinux-policy and give us a feedback 
whether it works for you? Thank you. 

Latest packages are available here:
 
  http://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL5/noarch/
Comment 8 Lin Li 2008-03-26 13:32:17 UTC 
It works with selinux-policy-2.4.6-118. Thank you.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 16:06:45 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0465.html