Bug 768660 - Fetchmail package missing files and SELinux permissions
Summary: Fetchmail package missing files and SELinux permissions
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: fetchmail
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
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Assignee: Vitezslav Crhonek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-17 18:05 UTC by Ian Neal
Modified: 2011-12-19 14:30 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-12-19 14:30:24 UTC
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Description Ian Neal 2011-12-17 18:05:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
Fetchmail is missing /etc/rc.d/init.d/fetchmail and /etc/logrotate.d/fetchmail
Fetchmail is missing SELinux
type admin_home_t;
type var_log_t;
type fetchmail_r;
class dir { write add_name };
class file { getattr open create };

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16

How reproducible:
On first install.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a fresh Fedora 16 installation
2. Install fetchmail-6.3.20-1.fc16.x86_64
3. Try using fetchmail to download remote mail
  
Actual results:
Service will not start - error advises checking log files but no relevant errors, had to compare against an upgraded installation to diagnose missing files.
Multiple SELinux alerts

Expected results:
No missing files.
No SELinux alerts.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Vitezslav Crhonek 2011-12-19 14:30:24 UTC 
I'm not sure what do you want to achieve.

Fetchmail is not system wide service (even running it under root is discouraged). You can run fetchmail (also in daemon mode) as an ordinary user and you'll miss no files and there'll be no SELinux alerts.
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