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 disk drive to the system you can
relabel it using the restorecon command. For example if you saved the home
directory from a previous installation that did not use SELinux, 'restorecon -R
-v /home' will fix the labels. 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-3.6.32-55.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   file
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 00:06:26
                              EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   22
First Seen                    Tue 08 Dec 2009 11:53:41 AM CET
Last Seen                     Tue 08 Dec 2009 05:39:29 PM CET
Local ID                      c02f6663-e469-4cd3-b6f5-b27136b6c277
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260290369.754:32860): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=4965 comm="passwd" name="enforce" dev=loop4 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(1260290369.754:32860): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=4965 comm="passwd" name="enforce" dev=loop4 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(1260290369.754:32860): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=128 a0=7fff8ce78940 a1=0 a2=7fff8ce78950 a3=0 items=0 ppid=28334 pid=4965 auid=501 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=5 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-3.6.32-55.fc12,file,passwd,passwd_t,file_t,file,read
audit2allow suggests:

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