Running Rawhide, targeted/enforcing. Notice this in /var/log/audit/audit.log: type=AVC msg=audit(1188316403.485:16): avc: denied { create } for pid=2704 comm="newaliases" name="aliases.db" scontext=system_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_aliases_t:s0 tclass=file type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1188316403.485:16): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=bfa8ddd8 a1=c2 a2=1a0 a3=c2 items=0 ppid=2691 pid=2704 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=51 sgid=51 fsgid=51 tty=(none) comm="newaliases" exe="/usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail" subj=system_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 key=(null) Looks like it is occurring when sendmail gets started during boot. Running /usr/bin/newalises manually at root console works with no AVCs, but leaves /etc/aliases.db with the 'wrong' label: [root@localhost ~]# ls -Zl /etc/alia* -rw-r--r-- 1 system_u:object_r:etc_aliases_t root root 1512 2005-04-25 09:48 /etc/aliases -rw-r----- 1 system_u:object_r:etc_t root smmsp 12288 2007-08-28 10:27 /etc/aliases.db [root@localhost ~]# restorecon -v /etc/alias* restorecon reset /etc/aliases.db context system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0->system_u:object_r:etc_aliases_t:s0 [root@localhost ~]# Should /etc/init.d/sendmail fix the label after running newalises? tom -- Tom London -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list