Description of problem: SELinux policy is preventing postfix from starting correctly due to an incorrect context on /var/lib/postfix directory. This is almost identical to #447454, but for F8, and seems to have more severe impact (postfix will not start at all, even though success is reported by the init script), as all configurations are affected. AVC error message: type=AVC msg=audit(1224058080.427:42): avc: denied { write } for pid=4088 comm="master" name="postfix" dev=dm-0 ino=488729 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:postfix_master_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tclass=dir Postfix error message: postfix/master[4088]: fatal: open lock file /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot create file exclusively: Permission denied Current context: ls -Zd /var/lib/postfix/ drwx------ postfix root system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 /var/lib/postfix/ chcon workaround suggested in #447454#c2 is not usable, as policy does not define postfix_var_lib_t type at all. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-3.0.8-117.fc8.noarch selinux-policy-devel-3.0.8-117.fc8.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.0.8-117.fc8.noarch
Created attachment 320406 [details] F8 -> F9 policy diff This should be a relevant part of the F8 (3.0.8-117) -> F9 (3.3.1-95) selinux-policy diff, likely sufficient to resolve this issue.
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.0.8-118.fc8
Verified with selinux-policy-3.0.8-119.fc8, thanks!
yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update selinux-policy updates-newkey | 2.3 kB 00:00 updates-testing-newkey | 2.3 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 | 235 kB 00:02 fedora | 2.1 kB 00:00 updates | 2.6 kB 00:00 Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update Where can I found selinux-policy-3.0.8-119.fc8? Thanks Bye
Try koji: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=32
Good! Thank you!
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