Description of problem: I see this when I try to install a package using gnome-packagekit in F18 Alpha RC2. SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 from read access on the file system-auth-ac. ***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that polkit-agent-helper-1 should be allowed read access on the system-auth-ac 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 polkit-agent-he /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:policykit_auth_t:s0-s0:c 0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 Target Objects system-auth-ac [ file ] Source polkit-agent-he Source Path /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages polkit-0.107-2.fc18.x86_64 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.11.1-7.fc18.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name (removed) Platform Linux localhost 3.6.0-0.rc2.git2.1.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 22 11:54:04 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 3 First Seen 2012-09-11 12:44:40 CEST Last Seen 2012-09-11 12:44:40 CEST Local ID ab43a5b1-7ae0-47b3-abcc-f237f40f1e4f Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1347360280.923:307): avc: denied { read } for pid=1445 comm="polkit-agent-he" name="system-auth-ac" dev="vda3" ino=293884 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:policykit_auth_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1347360280.923:307): arch=x86_64 syscall=open success=no exit=EACCES a0=e76960 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=238 items=0 ppid=1193 pid=1445 auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=1000 sgid=1000 fsgid=1000 tty=(none) ses=2 comm=polkit-agent-he exe=/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:policykit_auth_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) Hash: polkit-agent-he,policykit_auth_t,etc_runtime_t,file,read audit2allow #============= policykit_auth_t ============== allow policykit_auth_t etc_runtime_t:file read; audit2allow -R #============= policykit_auth_t ============== allow policykit_auth_t etc_runtime_t:file read; Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-command-not-found-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 gnome-packagekit-3.5.4-1.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-gtk3-module-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-plugin-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-glib-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 PackageKit-device-rebind-0.8.3-2.fc18.x86_64 polkit-0.107-2.fc18.x86_64 polkit-gnome-0.105-3.fc18.x86_64 libselinux-2.1.11-6.fc18.x86_64 libselinux-utils-2.1.11-6.fc18.x86_64 selinux-policy-devel-3.11.1-7.fc18.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.11.1-7.fc18.noarch selinux-policy-3.11.1-7.fc18.noarch libselinux-python-2.1.11-6.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run packagekit gui 2. try to install package 3. see AVC
I can confirm this blocks PackageKit completely. Until SELinux is disabled/permissive, it can't install any packages. I assume the same applies for updates. Proposing as Alpha blocker: " The installed system must be able to download and install updates with yum and the default graphical package manager in all release-blocking desktops " https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Alpha_Release_Criteria
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 852403 ***