On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 19:41 +0000, Chris Jones wrote: > 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 Looking at those, you've got different SELinux contexts than I have. It might be worth comparing them with someone else, as well. ls -Z /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/resolv.conf -rw-r--r-- root root system_u:object_r:etc_t /etc/nsswitch.conf -rw-r--r-- root root system_u:object_r:net_conf_t /etc/resolv.conf -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.