Hi, In my F10 installation selinux seems to prevent working openvpn. After connection openvpn wants to modify /etc/resolv.conf that is not allowed I think. I start openvpn by the command [root@~]# /etc/init.d/openvpn start and I get selinux messages like this: --- Summary: SELinux is preventing cp (openvpn_t) "write" to ./etc (etc_t). Detailed Description: SELinux is preventing cp (openvpn_t) "write" to ./etc (etc_t). The SELinux type etc_t, is a generic type for all files in the directory and very few processes (SELinux Domains) are allowed to write to this SELinux type. This type of denial usual indicates a mislabeled file. By default a file created in a directory has the gets the context of the parent directory, but SELinux policy has rules about the creation of directories, that say if a process running in one SELinux Domain (D1) creates a file in a directory with a particular SELinux File Context (F1) the file gets a different File Context (F2). The policy usually allows the SELinux Domain (D1) the ability to write, unlink, and append on (F2). But if for some reason a file (./etc) was created with the wrong context, this domain will be denied. The usual solution to this problem is to reset the file context on the target file, restorecon -v './etc'. If the file context does not change from etc_t, then this is probably a bug in policy. Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against the selinux-policy package. If it does change, you can try your application again to see if it works. The file context could have been mislabeled by editing the file or moving the file from a different directory, if the file keeps getting mislabeled, check the init scripts to see if they are doing something to mislabel the file. Allowing Access: You can attempt to fix file context by executing restorecon -v './etc' Fix Command: restorecon './etc' Additional Information: Source Context unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 Target Objects ./etc [ dir ] Source cp Source Path /bin/cp Port <Unknown> ... - Summary: SELinux is preventing dns.up (openvpn_t) "write" to ./resolv.conf (net_conf_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by dns.up. It is not expected that this access is required by dns.up 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: Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for ./resolv.conf, restorecon -v './resolv.conf' If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, 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 unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 Target Objects ./resolv.conf [ file ] Source dns.up Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> ... - Summary: SELinux is preventing dns.up (openvpn_t) "write" openvpn_t. Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by dns.up. It is not expected that this access is required by dns.up 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 unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Objects pipe [ fifo_file ] Source dns.up Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> ... - Summary: SELinux is preventing cut (openvpn_t) "getattr" openvpn_t. Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by cut. It is not expected that this access is required by cut 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 unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Objects pipe [ fifo_file ] Source dns.up Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> ... - Summary: SELinux is preventing cut (openvpn_t) "read" openvpn_t. Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by cut. It is not expected that this access is required by cut 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 unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Objects pipe [ fifo_file ] Source dns.up Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> ... - Summary: SELinux is preventing dns.up (openvpn_t) "append" to ./resolv.conf (net_conf_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by dns.up. It is not expected that this access is required by dns.up 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: Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for ./resolv.conf, restorecon -v './resolv.conf' If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, 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 unconfined_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 Target Objects ./resolv.conf [ file ] Source dns.up Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> ... --- How could I enable openvpn to work without disabling selinux? 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