Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ssmtp "append" access on /root/dead.letter.

Detailed Description:

[SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.]

SELinux denied access requested by sendmail. It is not expected that this access
is required by sendmail 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:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:mail_home_t:s0
Target Objects                /root/dead.letter [ file ]
Source                        sendmail
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/ssmtp
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           ssmtp-2.61-15.fc14
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.5-7.fc14
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.35.4-28.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 15 01:56:54
                              UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Thu 07 Oct 2010 08:02:13 PM BST
Last Seen                     Thu 07 Oct 2010 08:02:13 PM BST
Local ID                      da6877a4-9849-4fd9-9729-08bfff5d0f12
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1286478133.654:82): avc:  denied  { append } for  pid=9732 comm="sendmail" name="dead.letter" dev=sda3 ino=573 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_home_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1286478133.654:82): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=9732 comm="sendmail" name="dead.letter" dev=sda3 ino=573 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_home_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1286478133.654:82): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=3 a0=1eb0780 a1=441 a2=1b6 a3=0 items=0 ppid=9723 pid=9732 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=5 comm="sendmail" exe="/usr/sbin/ssmtp" subj=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  catchall,sendmail,system_mail_t,mail_home_t,file,append
audit2allow suggests:

#============= system_mail_t ==============
allow system_mail_t mail_home_t:file { open append };