Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 844351
SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper from 'unlink' accesses on the file /etc/localtime.
Last modified: 2012-08-06 10:36:19 EDT
libreport version: 2.0.10 executable: /usr/bin/python2.7 hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.4.6-1.fc16.x86_64 time: lun. 30 juil. 2012 14:07:57 CEST description: :SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper from 'unlink' accesses on the file /etc/localtime. : :***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* : :If you want to fix the label. :/etc/localtime default label should be locale_t. :Then you can run restorecon. :Do :# /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/localtime : :***** Plugin catchall_labels (5.21 confidence) suggests ******************** : :If you want to allow kcmdatetimehelper to have unlink access on the localtime file :Then you need to change the label on /etc/localtime :Do :# semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '/etc/localtime' :where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: config_usr_t, locale_t. :Then execute: :restorecon -v '/etc/localtime' : : :***** Plugin catchall (1.44 confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that kcmdatetimehelper should be allowed unlink access on the localtime 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 kcmdatetimehelp /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context system_u:system_r:gnomeclock_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 :Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 :Target Objects /etc/localtime [ file ] :Source kcmdatetimehelp :Source Path /usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper :Port <Inconnu> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages kde-workspace-4.8.4-2.fc16.x86_64 :Target RPM Packages glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.7.x86_64 : glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.7.i686 :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-90.fc16.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Enforcing :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) 3.4.6-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 : SMP Fri Jul 20 12:58:04 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 :Alert Count 2 :First Seen lun. 30 juil. 2012 14:06:51 CEST :Last Seen lun. 30 juil. 2012 14:07:27 CEST :Local ID 4caef345-d474-4558-8e91-9cdf8d7eb8d7 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1343650047.532:107): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=3198 comm="kcmdatetimehelp" name="localtime" dev="dm-1" ino=528835 scontext=system_u:system_r:gnomeclock_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file : : :type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1343650047.532:107): arch=x86_64 syscall=unlink success=no exit=EACCES a0=2580ed8 a1=7fff2e33b050 a2=2580e01 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=3198 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=kcmdatetimehelp exe=/usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper subj=system_u:system_r:gnomeclock_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) : :Hash: kcmdatetimehelp,gnomeclock_t,etc_t,file,unlink : :audit2allow : :#============= gnomeclock_t ============== :allow gnomeclock_t etc_t:file unlink; : :audit2allow -R : :#============= gnomeclock_t ============== :allow gnomeclock_t etc_t:file unlink; :
Did you read the alert? :***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* : :If you want to fix the label. :/etc/localtime default label should be locale_t. :Then you can run restorecon. :Do :# /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/localtime Something screwed up the labeling of /etc/localtime, If it happens again reopen the bug.
Hi Daniel, I actually solved that disabling SElinux while modifying the time, then enabling it again, worked fine. I should know more about SELinux though... still many thing to learn. thanks for the comment. have a good day.