This is the first Fedora I've come across a files called dead-letter. I don't use sendmail, exim is installed, if relevant. Summary: SELinux is preventing the sendmail from using potentially mislabeled files (./dead.letter). Detailed Description: SELinux has denied sendmail access to potentially mislabeled file(s) (./dead.letter). This means that SELinux will not allow sendmail to use these files. It is common for users to edit files in their home directory or tmp directories and then move (mv) them to system directories. The problem is that the files end up with the wrong file context which confined applications are not allowed to access. Allowing Access: If you want sendmail to access this files, you need to relabel them using restorecon -v './dead.letter'. You might want to relabel the entire directory using restorecon -R -v './dead.letter'. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 Target Objects ./dead.letter [ dir ] Source sendmail Source Path /usr/sbin/ssmtp Port <Unknown> Host frank01.frankly3d.local Source RPM Packages ssmtp-2.61-11.7.fc10 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.5.13-34.fc10 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name home_tmp_bad_labels Host Name frank01.frankly3d.local Platform Linux frank01.frankly3d.local 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 15:12:04 EST 2008 i686 i686 Alert Count 1 First Seen Sun 28 Dec 2008 12:18:46 GMT Last Seen Sun 28 Dec 2008 12:18:46 GMT Local ID 6feff0bd-d81b-472e-8c9b-a4538c69479f Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=frank01.frankly3d.local type=AVC msg=audit(1230466726.28:154): avc: denied { add_name } for pid=4443 comm="sendmail" name="dead.letter" scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=dir node=frank01.frankly3d.local type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1230466726.28:154): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=97312d0 a1=441 a2=1b6 a3=440 items=0 ppid=4311 pid=4443 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sendmail" exe="/usr/sbin/ssmtp" subj=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 key=(null) ==================================================== Dead-Letter contents ==================================================== /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch: sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter: send-mail: Cannot open mail:25 send-mail: Cannot open mail:25 /bin/sh: opt/f-prot/fpscan: No such file or directory -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list