When I was configuring a local dns server I noticed the following AVC: type=AVC msg=audit(1301591991.675:24730): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=23587 comm="named" path="/dev/random" dev=dm-0 ino=533878 scontext=system_u:system_r:named_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:named_zone_t:s0 tclass=chr_file [root@localhost BUILD]# find / -inum 533878 /var/named/chroot/dev/random I've included a proposed patch below. Ted --- serefpolicy-3.9.7/policy/modules/services/bind.fc.orig 2011-03-31 12:54:32.128829155 -0500 +++ serefpolicy-3.9.7/policy/modules/services/bind.fc 2011-03-31 12:58:11.849410409 -0500 @@ -60,4 +60,6 @@ /var/named/chroot/var/named/named\.ca -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:named_conf_t,s0) /var/named/chroot/var/log/named.* -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:named_log_t,s0) /var/named/dynamic(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:named_cache_t,s0) +/var/named/chroot/dev/random -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:random_device_t:s0) +/var/named/chroot/dev/zero -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:zero_device_t:s0) ') -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux