Summary:

SELinux is preventing sendmail (sendmail_t) "read" to ./hosts.deny (dosfs_t).

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by sendmail. It is not expected that this access
is required by sendmail 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:

Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore
the default system file context for ./hosts.deny,

restorecon -v './hosts.deny'

If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access.
Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:dosfs_t:s0
Target Objects                ./hosts.deny [ file ]
Source                        sendmail
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           sendmail-8.14.2-4.fc9
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.3.1-84.fc9
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall_file
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 13:46:35
                              EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   1
First Seen                    Fri 05 Sep 2008 09:15:01 BST
Last Seen                     Fri 05 Sep 2008 09:15:01 BST
Local ID                      20c7fb43-09c1-4cc0-94e9-15a5f27f91a3
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1220602501.422:28): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=8502 comm="sendmail" name="hosts.deny" dev=dm-0 ino=818251 scontext=system_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:dosfs_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1220602501.422:28): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=affbc9 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=7f2e764227a0 items=0 ppid=3018 pid=8502 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=51 sgid=51 fsgid=51 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sendmail" exe="/usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail" subj=system_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.3.1-84.fc9,catchall_file,sendmail,sendmail_t,dosfs_t,file,read
audit2allow suggests:

#============= sendmail_t ==============
allow sendmail_t dosfs_t:file read;