Bug 492711 - SELinux is preventing crontab (admin_crontab_t) "read" unlabeled_t.
Summary: SELinux is preventing crontab (admin_crontab_t) "read" unlabeled_t.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-28 16:59 UTC by Frank Murphy
Modified: 2009-03-30 14:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-03-30 14:02:22 UTC
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2009-03-28 17:00 UTC, Frank Murphy 		no flags Details
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Description Frank Murphy 2009-03-28 16:59:48 UTC 
Description of problem:Can't edit crontab as root or su\sudo


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Source RPM Packages           cronie-1.2-7.fc11
Target RPM Packages           filesystem-2.4.21-1.fc11
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.8-3.fc11

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. crontab -e
2.
3.
  
Actual results: You root are not allowed...


Expected results: updated crontab


Additional info: I have fixed this locally with an audit2allow
Comment 1 Frank Murphy 2009-03-28 17:00:45 UTC 
Created attachment 337118 [details]
The avc alert
Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2009-03-30 14:02:22 UTC 
Run restorecon -R -v /root to fix one problem. 

You also need to update to the latest selinux-policy which will fix the ability of unconfined_t to run crontab.

Fixed in selinux-policy-3.6.10-4.fc11.noarch
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