Description of problem: Everytime I boot dovecot fails due to selinux. I follow the directions given in trouble shooting: # grep dovecot /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp and it works fine after that. But on next boot, it fails again with the same issue?? SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/dovecot from 'name_bind' accesses on the tcp_socket . ***** Plugin bind_ports (92.2 confidence) suggests ************************* If you want to allow /usr/sbin/dovecot to bind to network port 10993 Then you need to modify the port type. Do # semanage port -a -t PORT_TYPE -p tcp 10993 where PORT_TYPE is one of the following: lmtp_port_t, mail_port_t, pop_port_t, sieve_port_t. ***** Plugin catchall_boolean (7.83 confidence) suggests ******************* If you want to allow system to run with NIS Then you must tell SELinux about this by enabling the 'nis_enabled' boolean. You can read 'None' man page for more details. Do setsebool -P nis_enabled 1 ***** Plugin catchall (1.41 confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that dovecot should be allowed name_bind access on the tcp_socket 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 dovecot /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:unreserved_port_t:s0 Target Objects [ tcp_socket ] Source dovecot Source Path /usr/sbin/dovecot Port 10993 Host (removed) Source RPM Packages dovecot-2.1.16-1.fc18.x86_64 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.11.1-98.fc18.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 3.9.11-200.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 22 21:04:50 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 3 First Seen 2013-08-02 12:06:22 EDT Last Seen 2013-08-02 13:39:34 EDT Local ID 5c80a294-1e4c-4d09-89da-c30743fdfc40 Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1375465174.610:1564): avc: denied { name_bind } for pid=11183 comm="dovecot" src=10993 scontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unreserved_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1375465174.610:1564): arch=x86_64 syscall=bind success=no exit=EACCES a0=1d a1=7fff0ec67840 a2=10 a3=7fff0ec67838 items=0 ppid=1 pid=11183 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 ses=4294967295 tty=(none) comm=dovecot exe=/usr/sbin/dovecot subj=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 key=(null) Hash: dovecot,dovecot_t,unreserved_port_t,tcp_socket,name_bind audit2allow #============= dovecot_t ============== #!!!! This avc is allowed in the current policy allow dovecot_t unreserved_port_t:tcp_socket name_bind; audit2allow -R require { type dovecot_t; } #============= dovecot_t ============== corenet_tcp_bind_generic_port(dovecot_t) Additional info: reporter: libreport-2.1.5 hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.9.11-200.fc18.x86_64 type: libreport
Is tcp/10993 used by default?
Google 10933 and dovecot shows it described as the way to setup as an IMAP server.
I usually use 10993 as it is just a local imap server (only my local box connects to it). I seldom use the default port for security reasons, but then again, 10993 is also common for someone to sniff. I do have both 10993 and 993 blocked from external access via iptables.
So lets label it the same. acff17d6ac79a70f56e93420174c9a5466eb59f5 makes this change in git. You can put this on your machine for now with semanage port -a -t pop_port_t -p tcp 10993
selinux-policy-3.11.1-101.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.11.1-101.fc18
Package selinux-policy-3.11.1-101.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.11.1-101.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-15645/selinux-policy-3.11.1-101.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
selinux-policy-3.11.1-103.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.11.1-103.fc18
selinux-policy-3.11.1-103.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.