running rawhide/strict, I get the following about once or twice a day: Nov 10 06:49:17 fedora kernel: audit(1100098157.523:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=27040 exe=/sbin/unix_chkpwd name=run dev=hda2 ino=4456484 scontext=user_u:user_r:user_chkpwd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_run_t tclass=dir Nov 10 06:49:17 fedora kernel: audit(1100098157.523:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=27040 exe=/sbin/unix_chkpwd name=nscd dev=hda2 ino=4556982 scontext=user_u:user_r:user_chkpwd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:nscd_var_run_t tclass=dir Suggest the following: --- SAVE/chkpwd_macros.te 2004-11-10 07:37:22.098409600 -0800 +++ ./chkpwd_macros.te 2004-11-10 07:38:32.387484758 -0800 @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ # for nscd dontaudit $1_chkpwd_t var_t:dir search; +dontaudit $1_chkpwd_t var_run_t:dir search; +dontaudit $1_chkpwd_t nscd_var_run_t:dir search; dontaudit $1_chkpwd_t fs_t:filesystem getattr; ') tom -- Tom London