Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/dovecot "write" access on /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log. Detailed Description: [SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.] SELinux denied access requested by dovecot. It is not expected that this access is required by dovecot 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:dovecot_t:SystemLow Target Context system_u:object_r:var_log_t:SystemLow Target Objects /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log [ file ] Source dovecot Source Path /usr/sbin/dovecot Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages dovecot-1.2.8-2.fc12 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Permissive Plugin Name catchall 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 1 First Seen Wed 09 Dec 2009 09:37:55 AM CST Last Seen Wed 09 Dec 2009 09:37:55 AM CST Local ID 24c6ac4b-c559-4c7f-9a0d-b3d36b8b72e2 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260373075.487:10): avc: denied { write } for pid=1862 comm="dovecot" name="dovecot.log" dev=dm-0 ino=18516027 scontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 tclass=file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1260373075.487:10): arch=c000003e syscall=21 success=yes exit=0 a0=124cf88 a1=2 a2=20 a3=7fffde8f93c0 items=0 ppid=1861 pid=1862 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="dovecot" exe="/usr/sbin/dovecot" subj=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12,catchall,dovecot,dovecot_t,var_log_t,file,write audit2allow suggests: #============= dovecot_t ============== allow dovecot_t var_log_t:file write;
chcon -R -t dovecot_var_log_t /var/log/dovecot Will fix it, This labeling will be made default. Fixed in selinux-policy-3.6.32-58.fc12.noarch
selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update selinux-policy'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2009-13384