Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/pulseaudio "lock" access on /root/.esd_auth. Detailed Description: [SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.] SELinux denied access requested by pulseaudio. It is not expected that this access is required by pulseaudio 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://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug report. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:pulseaudio_t:s0 Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 Target Objects /root/.esd_auth [ file ] Source pulseaudio Source Path /usr/bin/pulseaudio Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages pulseaudio-0.9.21-5.fc12 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-121.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Permissive Plugin Name catchall Host Name (removed) Platform Linux number11.don-eve.dyndns.org 2.6.32.21-166.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 27 06:07:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 9 First Seen Sat 12 Jun 2010 11:36:35 AM PDT Last Seen Sat 04 Sep 2010 11:51:28 AM PDT Local ID f077c2e6-de1b-4066-9050-a4f7564ab53c Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=number11.don-eve.dyndns.org type=AVC msg=audit(1283626288.384:7): avc: denied { lock } for pid=1709 comm="pulseaudio" path="/root/.esd_auth" dev=dm-0 ino=3915903 scontext=system_u:system_r:pulseaudio_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=file node=number11.don-eve.dyndns.org type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1283626288.384:7): arch=c000003e syscall=72 success=yes exit=0 a0=1d a1=7 a2=7fff8c6cd8f0 a3=fffffff7 items=0 ppid=1684 pid=1709 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="pulseaudio" exe="/usr/bin/pulseaudio" subj=system_u:system_r:pulseaudio_t:s0 key=(null) Hash String generated from catchall,pulseaudio,pulseaudio_t,admin_home_t,file,lock audit2allow suggests: #============= pulseaudio_t ============== allow pulseaudio_t admin_home_t:file lock;
Did you log in as a root user?
Yes, is there some reason root should not use audio?
Are you logged in as X as root?
(In reply to comment #3) > Are you logged in as X as root? Yes. Why should that be a problem?
Logging in directly as root from X Windows is not supported with SELinux, It is considered too dangerous and the amount/type of policy that would needed to be written, would allow too much access. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 543970 ***