Summary:

SELinux is preventing access to files with the label, file_t.

Detailed Description:

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

SELinux permission checks on files labeled file_t are being denied. file_t is
the context the SELinux kernel gives to files that do not have a label. This
indicates a serious labeling problem. No files on an SELinux box should ever be
labeled file_t. If you have just added a new disk drive to the system you can
relabel it using the restorecon command. Otherwise you should relabel the entire
file system.

Allowing Access:

You can execute the following command as root to relabel your computer system:
"touch /.autorelabel; reboot"

Additional Information:

Source Context                unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                unconfined_u:object_r:file_t:s0
Target Objects                enforce [ file ]
Source                        passwd
Source Path                   /usr/bin/passwd
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           passwd-0.77-1.fc12
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   file
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 21
                              15:57:45 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Sat 05 Dec 2009 08:53:38 PM PST
Last Seen                     Sat 05 Dec 2009 08:53:38 PM PST
Local ID                      39eb39b7-18d7-4aa5-8365-f9701689d6c0
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260075218.888:17876): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=10486 comm="passwd" name="enforce" dev=loop0 ino=13 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260075218.888:17876): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=10486 comm="passwd" name="enforce" dev=loop0 ino=13 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1260075218.888:17876): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=6 a0=7fffc7229ed0 a1=0 a2=7fffc7229ee0 a3=fffffff8 items=0 ppid=1983 pid=10486 auid=501 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=1 comm="passwd" exe="/usr/bin/passwd" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12,file,passwd,passwd_t,file_t,file,read
audit2allow suggests:

#============= passwd_t ==============
allow passwd_t file_t:file { read open };