Description of problem: Since the filesystem conversion for F17, in.telnetd can't start login. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-3.10.0-125.fc17.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. chkconfig telnet on 2. telnet localhost Actual results: telnetd: /bin/login: Permission denied Expected results: (a login prompt) Additional info: Here's what ausearch had to say: time->Thu May 31 11:39:21 2012 type=PATH msg=audit(1338478761.258:157): item=0 name="/bin/login" type=CWD msg=audit(1338478761.258:157): cwd="/" type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1338478761.258:157): arch=c000003e syscall=59 success=no exit=-13 a0=7f3303d19206 a1=7f3305185340 a2=7f33051852e0 a3=7fff93e0a210 items=1 ppid=3751 pid=3752 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts4 ses=4294967295 comm="in.telnetd" exe="/usr/sbin/in.telnetd" subj=system_u:system_r:telnetd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(1338478761.258:157): avc: denied { read } for pid=3752 comm="in.telnetd" name="bin" dev="dm-3" ino=7473 scontext=system_u:system_r:telnetd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file
This is fixed in selinux-policy-3.10.0-128.fc17.noarch
Ah, so it is.
selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18
Package selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-12934/selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
selinux-policy-3.11.1-14.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.