Description of problem: setroubleshoot has reported many instances of this error recently: SELinux is preventing polkit-read-aut(polkit_auth_t) "write" to /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log (xserver_log_t) Full sealart info is below under Additional Info Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PolicyKit-0.9-4.fc10.x86_64 PolicyKit-gnome-0.9-3.fc10.x86_64 PolicyKit-gnome-libs-0.9-3.fc10.x86_64 selinux-policy-3.5.13-41.fc10.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.5.13-41.fc10.noarch How reproducible: ? Steps to Reproduce: 1. something in the background runs and setroubleshoot appears with above message 2. 3. Actual results: setroubleshoot appears Expected results: setroubleshoot doesn't interrupt me Additional info: Summary: SELinux is preventing polkit-read-aut (polkit_auth_t) "write" to /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log (xserver_log_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by polkit-read-aut. It is not expected that this access is required by polkit-read-aut 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 /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log, restorecon -v '/var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log' 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:polkit_auth_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:xserver_log_t:s0 Target Objects /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log [ file ] Source polkit-read-aut Source Path /usr/libexec/polkit-read-auth-helper Port <Unknown> Host tarantula.localdomain Source RPM Packages PolicyKit-0.9-4.fc10 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.5.13-41.fc10 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall_file Host Name tarantula.localdomain Platform Linux tarantula.localdomain 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 01:33:24 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 117 First Seen Mon Feb 2 09:40:11 2009 Last Seen Thu Feb 12 12:44:33 2009 Local ID 7d7204ad-ba50-4e6d-875c-2bc4068a0032 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=tarantula.localdomain type=AVC msg=audit(1234464273.644:11): avc: denied{ write } for pid=3045 comm="polkit-read-aut" path="/var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log" dev=dm-1 ino=287490 scontext=system_u:system_r:polkit_auth_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_log_t:s0 tclass=file node=tarantula.localdomain type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1234464273.644:11): arch=c000003e syscall=59 success=yes exit=0 a0=39e3414c08 a1=7fffacca3bd0 a2=7fffacca4a68a3=8 items=0 ppid=3001 pid=3045 auid=4294967295 uid=42 gid=42 euid=42 suid=42 fsuid=42 egid=87 sgid=87 fsgid=87 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="polkit-read-aut" exe="/usr/libexec/polkit-read-auth-helper" subj=system_u:system_r:polkit_auth_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 480847 ***