The Selinux blocks some actions of network manager. This can not be fixed by restorecon -v './dhclient' suggested by trouble shooter. Below is the message from setroubleshoot Summary: SELinux is preventing NetworkManager (NetworkManager_t) "search" to ./dhclient (dhcpc_state_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by NetworkManager. It is not expected that this access is required by NetworkManager and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing Access: Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for ./dhclient, restorecon -v './dhclient' If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:dhcpc_state_t:s0 Target Objects ./dhclient [ dir ] Source NetworkManager Source Path /usr/sbin/NetworkManager Port <Unknown> Host localhost.leo Source RPM Packages NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.12.svn4326.fc10 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.5.13-18.fc10 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall_file Host Name localhost.leo Platform Linux localhost.leo 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 12:08:10 EST 2008 i686 i686 Alert Count 5 First Seen Mon 01 Dec 2008 01:02:35 AM HKT Last Seen Mon 01 Dec 2008 01:12:18 AM HKT Local ID b8d4443b-60a1-438f-9697-babf985416e3 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=localhost.leo type=AVC msg=audit(1228065138.622:168): avc: denied { search } for pid=2259 comm="NetworkManager" name="dhclient" dev=sda9 ino=286121 scontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:dhcpc_state_t:s0 tclass=dir node=localhost.leo type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1228065138.622:168): arch=40000003 syscall=10 success=no exit=-13 a0=9600448 a1=21 a2=c17ff4 a3=9600448 items=0 ppid=1 pid=2259 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="NetworkManager" exe="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager" subj=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 key=(null)
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.5.13-26.fc10.
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