On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 22:42 +0300, Markelov Andrey wrote: > Hello! > > My system: > Fedora 8, selinux-policy-3.0.8-44 in targeted mode. > > I log in to the system as ordinary user and then do su -. > When I try to start sshd daemon in Fedora 8 by typing "service sshd start" > I receive "Permission denied" message and this entry in audit.log: > > type=SELINUX_ERR msg=audit(1194792116.506:236): security_compute_sid: invalid context unconfined_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 for scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sshd_exec_t:s0 tclass=process > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1194792116.506:236): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=yes exit=0 a0=8f58ab0 a1=8f58658 a2=8f451c0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=11059 pid=11068 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts4 comm="sshd" exe="/usr/sbin/sshd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) > > When I try to start sshd my id -Z is: > unconfined_u:system_r:unconfined_t > > I have some questions: > 1) How can I explain that SELINUX_ERR message and "subj=..." in SYSCALL message? > 2) Is it normal situation? In RHEL5 the "su -; service sshd start" commands work fine. > 3) How can I enable "service sshd start" in that situation? You just need to upgrade to selinux-policy-3.0.8-53.fc8. -- Tomas Mraz No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list