-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am running kernel 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 and have started getting messages in /var/log/messages like: Dec 17 19:31:39 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847899.248:149): avc: denied { read } for pid=3632 comm="ping" name="resolv.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601419 scontext=user_u:system_r:ping_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:39 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847899.248:150): avc: denied { read } for pid=3632 comm="ping" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=user_u:system_r:ping_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:40 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847900.008:151): avc: denied { read } for pid=2122 comm="nscd" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:40 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847900.072:152): avc: denied { read } for pid=2120 comm="nscd" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:41 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847901.196:153): avc: denied { read } for pid=3612 comm="nscd" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:51 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847911.156:154): avc: denied { read } for pid=2119 comm="nscd" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file Dec 17 19:31:51 bilbo kernel: audit(1134847911.596:155): avc: denied { read } for pid=2119 comm="nscd" name="nsswitch.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=11601391 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t tclass=file One of the results of this I thinkis that I cannot ping localhost - I get the response "ping: unknown host localhost", Any suggestions? Until last Sunday, I was running kernel 1637 and did not have any problems as far as I can see. - -- mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx By perseverance the snail reached the Ark. -- Charles Spurgeon The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is a constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read. -- Alberto Moravia -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDpGnTZJbxzczKArcRAhFTAJ9x6FTW7J0wVWRW0w8LbcDIccAcyQCdHoG6 qDNFXKh2Z+3bqpRTyw5x034= =TDWU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----