Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/kdm "search" access on /boot.

Detailed Description:

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

SELinux denied access requested by kdm. It is not expected that this access is
required by kdm 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:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0
Target Objects                /boot [ dir ]
Source                        kdm
Source Path                   /usr/bin/kdm
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           kdm-4.3.2-1.fc12
Target RPM Packages           filesystem-2.4.30-2.fc12
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-41.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64
                              #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   4
First Seen                    Wed 18 Nov 2009 09:54:59 PM CET
Last Seen                     Wed 18 Nov 2009 09:54:59 PM CET
Local ID                      322fe10a-48d8-4378-87b2-c74d46d6f9ab
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258577699.649:103): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=2327 comm="kdm" name="/" dev=sda3 ino=2 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258577699.649:103): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=2327 comm="kdm" name="menu.lst" dev=sda3 ino=2020 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258577699.649:103): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=2327 comm="kdm" name="grub.conf" dev=sda3 ino=2018 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258577699.649:103): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=2327 comm="kdm" name="grub.conf" dev=sda3 ino=2018 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1258577699.649:103): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=12 a0=41eed7 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=2327 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="kdm" exe="/usr/bin/kdm" subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-41.fc12,catchall,kdm,xdm_t,boot_t,dir,search
audit2allow suggests:

#============= xdm_t ==============
allow xdm_t boot_t:dir search;
allow xdm_t boot_t:file { read open };
allow xdm_t boot_t:lnk_file read;