I needed to add this policy to allow proftpd to start in F-11: # Proftpd needs to create /var/log/proftpd/controls.log allow ftpd_t xferlog_t:dir { write add_name }; /var/log/proftpd is xferlog_t and it seems ftpd_t can't create new files in directories of that type. Paul. -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list