On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > SELinux wants all log files opened with O_APPEND. When > running non-root though, libvirtd likes to use O_TRUNC > to avoid log files growing in size indefinitely. Instead > of using O_TRUNC though, we can use O_APPEND and then > call ftruncate() which keeps SELinux happier. As far as I can see, although this patch doesn't break anything, it doesn't fix the SELinux problem either. SELinux still prevents qemu from writing to the log. The AVCs look the same as before: type=AVC msg=audit(1348227948.158:14174): avc: denied { append } for pid=13139 comm="qemu-kvm" path="/home/rjones/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-wd6efsxohmy5jd2s.log" dev="dm-5" ino=1870215 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:svirt_t:s0:c69,c512 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:cache_home_t:s0 tclass=file type=AVC msg=audit(1348227948.158:14174): avc: denied { append } for pid=13139 comm="qemu-kvm" path="/home/rjones/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-wd6efsxohmy5jd2s.log" dev="dm-5" ino=1870215 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:svirt_t:s0:c69,c512 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:cache_home_t:s0 tclass=file My test is to do: killall libvirtd lt-libvirtd ../libvirt/run guestfish -a /dev/null -- config "-xxx" "xxx" : run and then examine the ~/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/guestfs-*.log to see if the error message appears there. The string "qemu-kvm: -xxx: invalid option" ought to appear in the log file. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list