Description of problem: One of quagga's services, ringpd, can't start due to selinux denial: type=AVC msg=audit(1334131997.759:849): avc: denied { read } for pid=26338 comm="ripngd" name="passwd" dev="dm-1" ino=25148 scontext=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1334131997.759:849): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=7f27a7af66ca a1=80000 a2=1b6 a3=238 items=0 ppid=1 pid=26338 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="ripngd" exe="/usr/sbin/ripngd" subj=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 key=(null) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -q quagga selinux-policy kernel quagga-0.99.20.1-1.fc17.x86_64 selinux-policy-3.10.0-110.fc17.noarch kernel-3.3.0-0.rc3.git7.2.fc17.x86_64 kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17.x86_64 kernel-3.3.1-3.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: systemctl start ringpd.service Note: Service status says: ripngd[26338]: privs_init: could not lookup user quagga
Similar issue found using ripd: type=AVC msg=audit(1334133033.280:861): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=28705 comm="ripd" path="/etc/passwd" dev="dm-1" ino=25148 scontext=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1334133033.280:861): arch=c000003e syscall=5 success=yes exit=0 a0=4 a1=7fff98aaf760 a2=7fff98aaf760 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=28705 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="ripd" exe="/usr/sbin/ripd" subj=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 key=(null) Similar issue found using ospfd: type=AVC msg=audit(1334133141.846:867): avc: denied { read } for pid=29630 comm="ospfd" name="passwd" dev="dm-1" ino=25148 scontext=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1334133141.846:867): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=7f9df12f46ca a1=80000 a2=1b6 a3=238 items=0 ppid=1 pid=29630 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="ospfd" exe="/usr/sbin/ospfd" subj=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 key=(null) Similar issue found using ospf6d: type=AVC msg=audit(1334133236.855:869): avc: denied { read } for pid=30079 comm="ospf6d" name="passwd" dev="dm-1" ino=25148 scontext=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1334133236.855:869): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=7f82f29746ca a1=80000 a2=1b6 a3=238 items=0 ppid=1 pid=30079 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="ospf6d" exe="/usr/sbin/ospf6d" subj=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 key=(null) Similar issue found using bgpd: type=AVC msg=audit(1334133373.530:879): avc: denied { read } for pid=31481 comm="bgpd" name="passwd" dev="dm-1" ino=25148 scontext=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1334133373.530:879): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=7f54f7b186ca a1=80000 a2=1b6 a3=238 items=0 ppid=1 pid=31481 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="bgpd" exe="/usr/sbin/bgpd" subj=system_u:system_r:zebra_t:s0 key=(null)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 811472 ***