SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/NetworkManager from 'unlink' accesses on the file /etc/hosts. ***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* If you want to fix the label. /etc/hosts default label should be net_conf_t. Then you can run restorecon. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/hosts ***** Plugin catchall_labels (5.21 confidence) suggests ******************** If you want to allow NetworkManager to have unlink access on the hosts file Then you need to change the label on /etc/hosts Do # semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '/etc/hosts' where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: dhcpc_var_run_t, net_conf_t, pppd_var_run_t, dnsmasq_var_run_t, named_cache_t, NetworkManager_tmp_t, NetworkManager_etc_rw_t, NetworkManager_log_t, dhcpc_state_t, NetworkManager_var_lib_t, NetworkManager_var_run_t, root_t. Then execute: restorecon -v '/etc/hosts' ***** Plugin catchall (1.44 confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that NetworkManager should be allowed unlink access on the hosts file by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # grep /usr/sbin/NetworkManager /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 Target Objects /etc/hosts [ file ] Source NetworkManager Source Path /usr/sbin/NetworkManager Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages NetworkManager-0.8.1-10.git20100831.fc14 Target RPM Packages setup-2.8.28-1.fc14 Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.9.7-19.fc14 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:04:50 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 8 First Seen Thu 30 Dec 2010 12:01:42 PM PST Last Seen Thu 30 Dec 2010 02:03:10 PM PST Local ID 8a2fd4bd-b9cc-4f7f-a9f9-a8ab37818c8c Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1293746590.419:34644): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=1426 comm="NetworkManager" name="hosts" dev=dm-0 ino=917899 scontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file NetworkManager,NetworkManager_t,etc_t,file,unlink type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1293746590.419:34644): arch=x86_64 syscall=rename success=no exit=EACCES a0=fc55f0 a1=48b319 a2=1033670 a3=1 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1426 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=NetworkManager exe=/usr/sbin/NetworkManager subj=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 key=(null) NetworkManager,NetworkManager_t,etc_t,file,unlink #============= NetworkManager_t ============== allow NetworkManager_t etc_t:file unlink;
The alert told you what to do. ***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* If you want to fix the label. /etc/hosts default label should be net_conf_t. Then you can run restorecon. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/hosts If you have an idea how it got the bad label or if this happens again, please reopen bug.
Same problem here, after a clean upgrade FC13->FC14.Diagnostic did not appear before.
As long as restorecon works and it does not happen again, there is not much we can do at this point.