Description of problem: /etc/xen/auto has type virt_etc_rw_t but should be virt_etc_t. Upon reboot, the denial message is: node=10.5.126.107 type=AVC msg=audit(1278446010.342:76): avc: denied { read } for pid=5251 comm="xm" name="value2" dev=sda2 ino=624079 scontext=system_u:system_r:xm_t:s0 tcontext=user_u:object_r:virt_etc_ rw_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file node=10.5.126.107 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1278446010.342:76): arch=c000003e syscall=4 success=no exit=-13 a0=efb0690 a1=7fff9f1c2fe0 a2=7fff9f1c2fe0 a3=0 items=1 ppid=5157 pid=5251 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="xm" exe="/usr/bin/python" subj=system_u:system_r:xm_t:s0 key=(null) node=10.5.126.107 type=CWD msg=audit(1278446010.342:76): cwd="/" node=10.5.126.107 type=PATH msg=audit(1278446010.342:76): item=0 name="/etc/xen/auto/value2" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-2.4.6-279.el5 How reproducible: every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. create guest 2. ln -s /etc/xen/guest /etc/xen/auto/guest *or* virsh autostart guest Actual results: Guests do not come up. Expected results: Guests come up. Additional info: Changing the labels to virt_etc_t fixes this.
Miroslav, Allow the reading of the virt_etc_rw_t:lnk_file
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 579497 ***