The following was filed automatically by setroubleshoot:

Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd "search" access on /root.

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by polkitd. It is not expected that this access
is required by polkitd 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:policykit_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0
Target Objects                /root [ dir ]
Source                        polkitd
Source Path                   /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           polkit-0.95-0.git20090913.2.fc12
Target RPM Packages           filesystem-2.4.30-2.fc12
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-6.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux games1.wolff.to 2.6.31-23.fc12.i686.PAE #1
                              SMP Wed Sep 16 15:53:47 EDT 2009 i686 i686
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:31:57 AM CDT
Last Seen                     Sat 19 Sep 2009 11:39:03 AM CDT
Local ID                      49ea7bb5-6e73-429f-9e99-38935fa1e36a
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=games1.wolff.to type=AVC msg=audit(1253378343.997:12): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=1787 comm="polkitd" name="root" dev=dm-1 ino=89938 scontext=system_u:system_r:policykit_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=games1.wolff.to type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1253378343.997:12): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=8747ce0 a1=8000 a2=0 a3=8747d08 items=0 ppid=1786 pid=1787 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="polkitd" exe="/usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd" subj=system_u:system_r:policykit_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)


audit2allow suggests:

#============= policykit_t ==============
allow policykit_t user_home_dir_t:dir search;