Hi SELinux is preventing ifconfig (ifconfig_t) "read" security_t. Audit message: node=localhost.localdomain type=AVC msg=audit(1245262097.577:19): avc: denied { read } for pid=3269 comm="ifconfig" name="mls" dev=selinuxfs ino=12 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:ifconfig_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:security_t:s0 tclass=file node=localhost.localdomain type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1245262097.577:19): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=bfbcfdb8 a1=8000 a2=0 a3=bfbcfdb8 items=0 ppid=3253 pid=3269 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=1 comm="ifconfig" exe="/sbin/ifconfig" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:ifconfig_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) --- Rahul -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list