These changes seem to make crond/mailman happy: allow system_crond_t mailman_lock_t:dir rw_dir_perms; allow system_crond_t mailman_lock_t:file create_file_perms; allow system_crond_t mailman_log_t:file { append read }; tom * From: Tom London <selinux comcast net> Latest stuff from Rawhide: crond/mailman issues again.... Here is the email (I got lots of these!): Subject: Cron <mailman fedora> /usr/bin/python -S /var/mailman/cron/gate_news X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/mailman> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=mailman> X-Cron-Env: <USER=mailman> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 284, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 259, in main lock.lock(timeout=0.5) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock self.__write() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/mailman/locks/gate_news.lock.fedora.XXX.3986.0' Here are the AVCs: Aug 13 08:35:01 fedora crond(pam_unix)[4065]: session opened for user mailman by (uid=0) Aug 13 08:35:01 fedora crond(pam_unix)[4068]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Aug 13 08:35:02 fedora kernel: audit(1092411302.395:0): avc: denied { read append } for pid=4067 exe=/usr/bin/python name=error dev=hda2 ino=442471 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_crond_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mailman_log_t tclass=file Aug 13 08:35:02 fedora kernel: audit(1092411302.397:0): avc: denied { write } for pid=4067 exe=/usr/bin/python name=locks dev=hda2 ino=442718 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_crond_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mailman_lock_t tclass=dir Aug 13 08:35:02 fedora crond(pam_unix)[4068]: session closed for user root Aug 13 08:35:04 fedora crond(pam_unix)[4065]: session closed for user mailman audit2allow produces: allow system_crond_t mailman_lock_t:dir { write }; allow system_crond_t mailman_log_t:file { append read }; That right, (or have I broken something else)? tom [BTW, booleans now get loaded. Neat!] -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm