The following was filed automatically by setroubleshoot:

Summary:

SELinux is preventing the kdm from using potentially mislabeled files (/root).

Detailed Description:

[SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.]

SELinux has denied kdm access to potentially mislabeled file(s) (/root). This
means that SELinux will not allow kdm to use these files. It is common for users
to edit files in their home directory or tmp directories and then move (mv) them
to system directories. The problem is that the files end up with the wrong file
context which confined applications are not allowed to access.

Allowing Access:

If you want kdm to access this files, you need to relabel them using restorecon
-v '/root'. You might want to relabel the entire directory using restorecon -R
-v '/root'.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0
Target Objects                /root [ dir ]
Source                        kdm
Source Path                   /usr/bin/kdm
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           kdm-4.3.1-1.fc12
Target RPM Packages           filesystem-2.4.30-2.fc12
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.30-2.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   home_tmp_bad_labels
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.31-0.199.rc8.git2.fc12.i686 #1
                              SMP Wed Sep 2 21:10:11 EDT 2009 i686 athlon
Alert Count                   149
First Seen                    Mon 24 Aug 2009 06:30:06 AM BST
Last Seen                     Sat 05 Sep 2009 11:56:22 PM BST
Local ID                      5adb73d8-d69a-451e-8a23-a712a60f45c8
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1252191382.525:18): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=1336 comm="kdm" name="root" dev=dm-0 ino=261 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1252191382.525:18): avc:  denied  { remove_name } for  pid=1336 comm="kdm" name=".Xauthority-c" dev=dm-0 ino=8663 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1252191382.525:18): avc:  denied  { unlink } for  pid=1336 comm="kdm" name=".Xauthority-c" dev=dm-0 ino=8663 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xauth_home_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1252191382.525:18): arch=40000003 syscall=10 success=yes exit=0 a0=bfce618b a1=0 a2=da6bb8 a3=1 items=0 ppid=1245 pid=1336 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=1 comm="kdm" exe="/usr/bin/kdm" subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)


audit2allow suggests:

#============= xdm_t ==============
allow xdm_t admin_home_t:dir { write remove_name };
allow xdm_t xauth_home_t:file unlink;