Description of problem: SELinux is blocking lightdm and uim-helper-server because the uim socket file is in a strange path: /var/log/lightdm/.uim.d/socket/uim-helper Why is this socket file in /var/log? It should be in /var/lib or /var/run See bug 948289 comment 7 for more details on the SELinux AVC Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): uim-1.8.4-3.fc19.x86_64 lightdm-1.5.2-2.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: every time ? Steps to Reproduce: 1. switch to lightdm systemctl disable gdm.service ; systemctl enable lightdm.service 2. reboot Actual results: AVCs in audit log blocking uim-helper-server: type=AVC msg=audit(1365180196.838:380): avc: denied { write } for pid=497 comm="lightdm-gtk-gre" name="uim-helper" dev="sda2" ino=1179704 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_log_t:s0 tclass=sock_file Expected results: no SELinux AVCs Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 924005 ***