In order to become more familiar with the selinux capabilities I did the following: Started selinux in permissive mode for targetted. I recieved warnings for the following services: portmap, ntpd, and ntpdate. I then ran fixfiles check. After it ran for quite some time. It did not report any problems. So I enabled targetted and rebooted. I then received error warnings for the same services. The following relevent messages from dmesg follow: <snip> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. security: 3 users, 4 roles, 319 types, 20 bools security: 53 classes, 10805 rules SELinux: Completing initialization. SELinux: Setting up existing superblocks. SELinux: initialized (dev hda2, type ext3), uses xattr SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev selinuxfs, type selinuxfs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev mqueue, type mqueue), not configured for labeling SELinux: initialized (dev hugetlbfs, type hugetlbfs), not configured for labeling SELinux: initialized (dev devpts, type devpts), uses transition SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev eventpollfs, type eventpollfs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev futexfs, type futexfs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev pipefs, type pipefs), uses task SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev sockfs, type sockfs), uses task SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev proc, type proc), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev bdev, type bdev), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev rootfs, type rootfs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev sysfs, type sysfs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev usbfs, type usbfs), uses genfs_contexts <snip> ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team ip_conntrack version 2.1 (2047 buckets, 16376 max) - 360 bytes per conntrack eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.010:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009536.011:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=3541 exe=/sbin/portmap name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:portmap_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts <snip> IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0 audit(1109009547.625:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.625:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.625:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.626:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.627:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4176 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpdate name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.763:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.764:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.765:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.765:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.765:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.765:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.765:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.766:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir audit(1109009547.766:0): avc: denied { search } for pid=4180 exe=/usr/sbin/ntpd name=/ dev=hda2 ino=2 scontext=user_u:system_r:ntpd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t tclass=dir Obviously something is amiss. I do not know how to correct these messages for the services. Does anyone know how the fix this delemma? If not should I bugzilla it? -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097