>> Weird, I'm not seeing this... > > Are using an selinux-enabled CentOS 4.2 (or RHEL4U2) box? Yes, an up2date Centos 4.2 box with selinux at the default targeted value. However: $ su - Password: # selinuxenabled; echo $? 0 # getenforce Enforcing # dmesg | grep audit audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(1137427005.934:1): initialized audit(1137427089.579:2): avc: denied { search } for pid=2250 comm="syslogd" name="spool" dev=dm-2 ino=313610 scontext=user_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_spool_t tclass=dir But I guess it's only enabled for selected daemons... Cheers, MaZe.