On 09/07/2009 04:34 AM, Didar Hossain wrote: > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Frank Chiulli<frankc.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On F11 when exim attempts to retrieve mail from my ISP, I get the following: > > How are you pulling the mail from your ISP? > > >> Summary: >> SELinux is preventing exim (exim_t) "getattr" boot_t. >> >> Detailed Description: >> SELinux denied access requested by exim. It is not expected that this >> access is required by exim and this access may signal an intrusion >> attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or >> configuration of the application is causing it to require additional >> access. >> >> Allowing Access: >> You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ >> (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can >> disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is >> not recommended. Please file a bug report >> (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this >> package. >> >> Additional Information: >> Source Context system_u:system_r:exim_t:s0 >> Target Context system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 >> Target Objects /boot [ dir ] >> Source exim >> Source Path /usr/sbin/exim >> Port <Unknown> >> Host flinux >> Source RPM Packages exim-4.69-10.fc11 >> Target RPM Packages filesystem-2.4.21-1.fc11 >> Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.12-80.fc11 >> Selinux Enabled True >> Policy Type targeted >> MLS Enabled True >> Enforcing Mode Enforcing >> Plugin Name catchall >> Host Name flinux >> Platform Linux flinux 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE #1 >> SMP Mon Aug 24 17:16:21 EDT 2009 i686 athlon >> Alert Count 327 >> First Seen Sun 12 Jul 2009 05:09:10 PM PDT >> Last Seen Sat 05 Sep 2009 09:05:41 AM PDT >> Local ID c330c7e2-7fd7-45ae-8ebb-8de1def6e145 >> Line Numbers >> >> Raw Audit Messages >> node=flinux type=AVC msg=audit(1252166741.77:28): avc: denied { >> getattr } for pid=2279 comm="exim" path="/boot" dev=sda1 ino=2 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:exim_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 tclass=dir >> >> node=flinux type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1252166741.77:28): arch=40000003 >> syscall=195 success=no exit=-13 a0=bfbe1292 a1=bfbe1688 a2=756ff4 a3=0 >> items=0 ppid=1489 pid=2279 auid=4294967295 uid=93 gid=93 euid=93 >> suid=93 fsuid=93 egid=93 sgid=93 fsgid=93 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 >> comm="exim" exe="/usr/sbin/exim" subj=system_u:system_r:exim_t:s0 >> key=(null) >> >> ===== >> >> Other information: >> RPMs: >> exim-4.69-10.fc11.i586 >> selinux-policy-3.6.12-80.fc11.noarch >> selinux-policy-targeted-3.6.12-80.fc11.noarch >> >> The mail does get through but I get an SELinux error for each message. >> >> I've looked for '/boot' in exim config files but came up empty. >> >> I installed F11 but kept my home directory which is on a different disk. >> >> Since I have not heard anyone else complaining about this, I figure >> that it's my configuration. I just don't know where else to look. >> >> Frank >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> > Probably some api that exim is calling is looking at the mounted file systems which is causing it to look at /boot. I think we can allow this for now. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
