Description of problem: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/collectd from read access on the file utmp. ***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that collectd should be allowed read access on the utmp 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 collectd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:collectd_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:initrc_var_run_t:s0 Target Objects utmp [ file ] Source collectd Source Path /usr/sbin/collectd Port <Unknown> Host clio Source RPM Packages collectd-4.10.8-2.fc17.x86_64 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-167.fc17.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name clio Platform Linux clio 3.7.6-102.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 4 17:40:25 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 285 First Seen 2013-02-25 23:13:07 CET Last Seen 2013-02-25 23:56:23 CET Local ID 55257c99-39aa-457b-9c1f-2ce081d65bf5 Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1361832983.196:13624): avc: denied { read } for pid=22738 comm="collectd" name="utmp" dev="tmpfs" ino=11800 scontext=system_u:system_r:collectd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:initrc_var_run_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1361832983.196:13624): arch=x86_64 syscall=open success=no exit=EACCES a0=3f6ad77c62 a1=80000 a2=3f6ad77c62 a3=1 items=0 ppid=1 pid=22738 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 ses=4294967295 tty=(none) comm=collectd exe=/usr/sbin/collectd subj=system_u:system_r:collectd_t:s0 key=(null) Hash: collectd,collectd_t,initrc_var_run_t,file,read audit2allow #============= collectd_t ============== allow collectd_t initrc_var_run_t:file read; audit2allow -R #============= collectd_t ============== allow collectd_t initrc_var_run_t:file read; Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-3.10.0-167.fc17.noarch How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable collectd "users" plugin. 2. Restart collectd. Actual results: collectd is stopped from reading /etc/utmp by SELinux. Expected results: collectd should be able to read /etc/utmp.
commit b3927c2d683a65294d0d0b3e1ba55a3d8cfd2be9 Author: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl> Date: Thu Feb 28 13:36:45 2013 +0100 Allow collectd to read utmp
NB: On F18, it also seems to need open and lock privileges.
selinux-policy-3.10.0-168.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.10.0-168.fc17
Package selinux-policy-3.10.0-168.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.10.0-168.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-3466/selinux-policy-3.10.0-168.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
selinux-policy-3.10.0-169.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.10.0-169.fc17
selinux-policy-3.10.0-169.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.