Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/proftpd "search" access to /var/www.

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access to /var/www requested by proftpd. /var/www has a context
used for sharing by a different program. If you would like to share /var/www
from proftpd also, you need to change its file context to public_content_t. If
you did not intend to allow this access, this could signal an intrusion attempt.

Allowing Access:

You can alter the file context by executing chcon -t public_content_t '/var/www'
You must also change the default file context files on the system in order to
preserve them even on a full relabel. "semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t
'/var/www'"

Fix Command:

chcon -t public_content_t '/var/www'

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:ftpd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0
Target Objects                /var/www [ dir ]
Source                        vsftpd
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/vsftpd
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           proftpd-1.3.2c-1.fc12
Target RPM Packages           httpd-2.2.14-1.fc12
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   public_content
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686.PAE #1
                              SMP Mon Dec 21 06:04:56 UTC 2009 i686 i686
Alert Count                   22
First Seen                    Mon 01 Feb 2010 03:41:18 PM BRST
Last Seen                     Mon 01 Feb 2010 05:31:36 PM BRST
Local ID                      06298108-25e8-40a7-bf5a-d7421488fac4
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1265052696.368:37091): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=15030 comm="proftpd" name="www" dev=dm-0 ino=40081 scontext=system_u:system_r:ftpd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1265052696.368:37091): arch=40000003 syscall=195 success=no exit=-13 a0=a10d998 a1=bf9ecfa8 a2=3f6ff4 a3=0 items=0 ppid=14797 pid=15030 auid=48 uid=0 gid=489 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=489 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=13 comm="proftpd" exe="/usr/sbin/proftpd" subj=system_u:system_r:ftpd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12,public_content,vsftpd,ftpd_t,httpd_sys_content_t,dir,search
audit2allow suggests:

#============= ftpd_t ==============
#!!!! This avc can be allowed using one of the these booleans:
#     allow_ftpd_full_access, allow_ftpd_full_access

allow ftpd_t httpd_sys_content_t:dir search;