Re: aduitd failing to start

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Pad Hosmane wrote:
> 
>> Can I know why email option is not working?
> 
> The email option should work assuming that SE Linux policy allows it. I
> just checked the source code. If the email address has a '@' symbol,
> auditd calls gethostbyname to make sure that you don't have a typo in
> the email address and it can't send an email when it needs to. Since SE
> Linux policy fails that, it rejects that address and then in turn fails
> the startup to let you know that you  have something wrong in the
> configuration.
> 
> There's possibly a workaround where you use a local alias that
> sendmail/postfix resolves into your real email address. This way you do
> not need an email address with a '@' in it. This should be temporary
> until policy is fixed.
> 
> Also, when it does come time for auditd to send its first email, we
> still need a transition from auditd to a mta domain. Auditd calls
> /usr/lib/sendmail if that matters to anyone.
> 
> -Steve
> 
> 
> Hi Steve,
>    Thanks a lot for all the help. I truly appreciate your help and all
> others who helped me to resolve the issue.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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Current audit policy allows the transition to an mta
(mta_send_mail(auditd_t)

It did not however allow the communications with dns, as you stated.


Fixes in

selinux-policy-2.4.6-126.el5
selinux-policy-3.0.8-95.fc8
selinux-policy-3.3.1-22.fc9
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