Description of problem: The Apache module mod_auth_ntlm_winbind allows Apache to perform NTLM authentication against Active Directiry. To do this, the module needs to start and communicate to ntlm_auth helper program from Samba (same one as Squid uses). However, SELinux policy prevents httpd process from starting ntlm_auth. The following is logged in Apache error_log: [Wed Apr 02 19:12:52 2008] [error] [client 192.168.1.81] (13)Permission denied: couldn't spawn child ntlm helper process: /usr/bin/ntlm_auth And the following in audit log: type=AVC msg=audit(1207152823.277:116711): avc: denied { read execute } for pid=15152 comm="httpd" name="ntlm_auth" dev=dm-3 ino=54696667 scontext=root:system_r:httpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:winbind_helper_exec_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1207152823.277:116711): arch=40000003 syscall=33 success=no exit=-13 a0=81ee9a08 a1=5 a2=2a01e8 a3=81ee9bf0 items=0 ppid=15148 pid=15152 auid=0 uid=48 gid=48 euid=48 suid=48 fsuid=48 egid=48 sgid=48 fsgid=48 tty=(none) comm="httpd" exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" subj=root:system_r:httpd_t:s0 key=(null) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-2.6.4-70.fc7 selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-70.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install mod_auth_ntlm_winbind 2. Configure mod_auth_ntlm_winbind 3. Try to access a location requiring NTLM auth with a browser Additional info: The following additional SELinux permissions were found to resolve the situation: samba_domtrans_winbind_helper(httpd_t) allow httpd_t winbind_helper_t:process signal; apache_append_log(winbind_helper_t) Maybe this could be enabled via a boolean, or by default.
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.0.8-102.fc8 -Fixed in selinux-policy-3.3.1-44.fc9
Thanks. Will this fix be applied to Fedora 7?
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