Bug 432827 - SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/gdm-binary (unconfined_t) "transition" to /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession (unconfined_t).
Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/gdm-binary (unconfined_t) "transition" to /et...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy-targeted
Version: 5.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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Reported: 2008-02-14 16:55 UTC by Scott Washburn
Modified: 2008-02-26 21:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-02-26 21:57:04 UTC
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Description Scott Washburn 2008-02-14 16:55:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
Sigining on as root causes this problem.  Turning off SELinux is only way to fix it.

avc: denied { transition } for comm="gdm-binary" dev=dm-0 egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0
path="/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession" pid=3888
scontext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=process
tcontext=root:system_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tty=(none) uid=0 

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Comment 1 Scott Washburn 2008-02-14 17:39:07 UTC 
Target Context:  root:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHighTarget
Objects:  /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession [ process ]Affected RPM
Packages:  xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-13.el5 [target]Policy
RPM:  selinux-policy-2.4.6-106.el5_1.3Selinux Enabled:  TruePolicy Type:  targeted
Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2008-02-14 20:14:29 UTC 
THis looks like gdm is running as unconfined_t rather then gdm?

Did you tun gdm in a debugger?
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