libreport version: 2.0.10 executable: /usr/bin/python2.7 hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64 time: Tue 29 May 2012 11:11:08 PM BST description: :SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/usermod from 'setattr' accesses on the file /home/jonathan/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so. : :***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that usermod should be allowed setattr access on the libflashplayer.so 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 usermod /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 :Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:textrel_shlib_t:s0 :Target Objects /home/jonathan/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so : [ file ] :Source usermod :Source Path /usr/sbin/usermod :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages shadow-utils-4.1.4.3-14.fc17.x86_64 :Target RPM Packages :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-125.fc17.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Enforcing :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) : 3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 21 22:32:19 UTC : 2012 x86_64 x86_64 :Alert Count 1 :First Seen Tue 29 May 2012 10:19:41 PM BST :Last Seen Tue 29 May 2012 10:19:41 PM BST :Local ID d30e3013-ffc1-404c-b590-c755692c4729 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1338326381.148:257): avc: denied { setattr } for pid=25293 comm="usermod" name="libflashplayer.so" dev="md0" ino=11011871 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:textrel_shlib_t:s0 tclass=file : : :type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1338326381.148:257): arch=x86_64 syscall=lchown success=no exit=EACCES a0=7fffda399580 a1=1f4 a2=3e8 a3=7fd42a59bc79 items=0 ppid=25220 pid=25293 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=6 comm=usermod exe=/usr/sbin/usermod subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:useradd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) : :Hash: usermod,useradd_t,textrel_shlib_t,file,setattr : :audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : :audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : :
How does the command look which you execute?
As root user, I executed: usermod -g 500 jonathan (Because I reinstalled my PC with Fedora 17 and my "jonathan" account came back with uid 1000. I re-numbered it to match my user account on other machines).