The following was filed automatically by setroubleshoot: Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/NetworkManager "unlink" access on nm-system-settings.conf. 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: You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug report. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 Target Objects nm-system-settings.conf [ file ] Source NetworkManager Source Path /usr/sbin/NetworkManager Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages NetworkManager-0.7.996-1.git20090826.fc12 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.31-5.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.31-14.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 15 03:48:57 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 1 First Seen Wed 16 Sep 2009 08:14:32 PM EDT Last Seen Wed 16 Sep 2009 08:14:32 PM EDT Local ID 67a647df-3d7e-4918-a55e-a1457c177159 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1253146472.608:30): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=920 comm="NetworkManager" name="nm-system-settings.conf" dev=sda3 ino=93848 scontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1253146472.608:30): arch=c000003e syscall=82 success=no exit=-13 a0=24066f0 a1=23cd960 a2=23d35a0 a3=1 items=0 ppid=1 pid=920 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) audit2allow suggests: #============= NetworkManager_t ============== allow NetworkManager_t etc_t:file unlink;
I had just added a second NIC to my F12alpha+rawhide-updates qemu-kvm guest. After booting, I used system-config-network to add the defintion for ifcfg-eth1 as "System eth1". NM brought up System eth0" and "Auto eth1". I used the nm-applet to switch from "Auto eth1" to "system eth1". I then used the nm-applet edit and deleted the defintion for "Auto eth1" ... that is when I got the SELinux AVC.
Dan what files is NetworkManager supposed to edit/delete in the /etc/NetworkManager/ directory?
*** Bug 525762 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
There are still problems (see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523875) but they do not seem to involve selinux. I am closing this.