FC 17. Just built last week. ll -Z /etc/ssh: -rw-------. root root system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 moduli -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:system_u:etc_t:s0 ssh_config -rw-------. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_dsa_key -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -rw-------. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_key -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_key.pub -rw-------. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_rsa_key -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:system_u:sshd_key_t:s0 ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -rw-r--r--. root root system_u:system_u:etc_t:s0 ssh_known_hosts -rw-------. root root system_u:system_u:etc_t:s0 sshd_config -rw-------. root root system_u:system_u:etc_t:s0 sshd_config.rpmnew ll -Z /usr/sbin/sshd: -rwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:sshd_exec_t:s0 /usr/sbin/sshd ps -efZ | grep sshd system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 root 6321 1 0 11:48 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D Alert 1: ***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* If you want to fix the label. /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key default label should be sshd_key_t. Then you can run restorecon. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key Alert 2: ***** Plugin restorecon (94.8 confidence) suggests ************************* If you want to fix the label. /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key default label should be sshd_key_t. Then you can run restorecon. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ***** Plugin catchall_labels (5.21 confidence) suggests ******************** If you want to allow sshd to have getattr access on the ssh_host_rsa_key file Then you need to change the label on /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key grep -i avc | tail <snip> type=AVC msg=audit(1358182127.469:291): avc: denied { read } for pid=6321 comm="sshd" name="ssh_host_rsa_key" dev="sda3" ino=11372820 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=file type=AVC msg=audit(1358182127.469:291): avc: denied { open } for pid=6321 comm="sshd" path="/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key" dev="sda3" ino=11372820 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=file type=AVC msg=audit(1358182127.469:292): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=6321 comm="sshd" path="/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key" dev="sda3" ino=11372820 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=file I've done a chcon. I did an semanage and the restorecon. The system was rebooted after the chcon; sshd was restarted after the semanage and restorecon. I just did restorecon -R /etc/ssh again. Is the audit program buggy? mark -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux