Description of problem: Having wins as a first hostname resolver option generates a lot of SELinux AVC denials, because it's trying to access /etc/samba/smb.conf or ./smb.conf Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): samba-3.2.0-1.pre3.9.fc9.i386 How reproducible: - The libnss_wins.so module affects all applications doing network name resolution. If an application/daemon is confined by a selinux policy, every attempt to access smb.conf can cause avc denial. - So far these denials were observed from sshd, procmail, sendmail, gnome-settings-daemon/"gdm-session-wor" Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and put 'wins' as the first option on the 'hosts' line Actual results: - Basically there are two types of denials: 1. SELinux is preventing sshd (sshd_t) "getattr" to /etc/samba/smb.conf (samba_etc_t). Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:samba_etc_t:s0 Target Objects /etc/samba/smb.conf [ file ] Source sshd Source Path /usr/sbin/sshd Port <Unknown> Host vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com Source RPM Packages openssh-server-5.0p1-1.fc9 Target RPM Packages samba-common-3.2.0-1.pre3.10.fc9 Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.3.1-42.fc9 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall_file Host Name vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com Platform Linux vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 i686 Alert Count 15 Raw Audit Messages: host=vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com type=AVC msg=audit(1210332854.643:961): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=22552 comm="sshd" path="/etc/samba/smb.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=1737231 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:samba_etc_t:s0 tclass=file host=vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1210332854.643:961): arch=40000003 syscall=195 success=no exit=-13 a0=b973d420 a1=bf9ee5d4 a2=6d6 ff4 a3=bf9ee5d4 items=0 ppid=2129 pid=22552 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sshd" exe ="/usr/sbin/sshd" subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) 2. SELinux is preventing sshd (sshd_t) "read" to ./smb.conf (samba_etc_t). Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:samba_etc_t:s0 Target Objects ./smb.conf [ file ] Source sshd Source Path /usr/sbin/sshd Port <Unknown> Host vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com Source RPM Packages openssh-server-5.0p1-1.fc9 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.3.1-42.fc9 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall_file Host Name vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com Platform Linux vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 i686 Alert Count 15 Raw Audit Messages: host=vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com type=AVC msg=audit(1210332854.650:962): avc: denied { read } for pid=22552 comm="sshd" name="smb.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=1 737231 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:samba_etc_t:s0 tclass=file host=vmrawhide.englab.brq.redhat.com type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1210332854.650:962): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=b973d420 a1=8000 a2=0 a3=8000 items=0 ppid=2129 pid=22552 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sshd" exe="/usr/sbin/ssh d" subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
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