Here are some avc denied messages that showed up from doing a yum update while in enforcing mode: Mar 26 01:28:15 old1 kernel: audit(1080282495.299:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4282 exe=/bin/bash name=1 dev= ino=65538 scontext=root:sysadm_r:rpm_script_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t tclass=dir Mar 26 01:28:15 old1 kernel: audit(1080282495.300:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4282 exe=/bin/bash name=1 dev= ino=65538 scontext=root:sysadm_r:rpm_script_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t tclass=dir Mar 26 01:35:20 old1 kernel: audit(1080282920.844:0): avc: denied { read } for pid=4397 exe=/sbin/consoletype path=pipe:[18262] dev= ino=18262 scontext=root:system_r:consoletype_t tcontext=root:sysadm_r:rpm_t tclass=fifo_file Richard Hally