Description of problem: change timezone on kde Additional info: libreport version: 2.0.18 kernel: 3.4.24-1.rt36.1.fc17.ccrma.x86_64.rt description: :SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper from 'write' accesses on the file /etc/timezone. : :***** Plugin restorecon (99.5 confidence) suggests ************************* : :If you want to fix the label. :/etc/timezone default label should be locale_t. :Then you can run restorecon. :Do :# /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/timezone : :***** Plugin catchall (1.49 confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that kcmdatetimehelper should be allowed write access on the timezone 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 system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 :Target Objects /etc/timezone [ file ] :Source kcmdatetimehelp :Source Path /usr/libexec/kde4/kcmdatetimehelper :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages kde-workspace-4.9.5-1.fc17.x86_64 :Target RPM Packages systemd-44-23.fc17.x86_64 :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-166.fc17.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Permissive :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) : 3.4.24-1.rt36.1.fc17.ccrma.x86_64.rt #1 SMP : PREEMPT RT Fri Dec 28 23:17:19 PST 2012 x86_64 : x86_64 :Alert Count 1 :First Seen 2013-01-14 09:22:37 PST :Last Seen 2013-01-14 09:22:37 PST :Local ID 73290946-80c7-4636-aca3-1b6b11bbd798 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1358184157.783:87): avc: denied { write } for pid=4062 comm="kcmdatetimehelp" name="timezone" dev="sda2" ino=138910 scontext=system_u:system_r:gnomeclock_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file : : :type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1358184157.783:87): arch=x86_64 syscall=open success=yes exit=ECHILD a0=b23088 a1=80241 a2=1b6 a3=30 items=0 ppid=1 pid=4062 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_runtime_t,file,write : :audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : :audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : Potential duplicate bug: 701607
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restorecon /etc/timezone Will fix, do you have some kind of tool that is creating timezone at boot? The alert told you what to do.