I assume that this is created by ssh when the user goes to ssh from their system. So, why would I get If you want to allow ksh93 to have create access on the kmeyer.pem file Then you need to change the label on <username>.pem Do # semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '<username>.pem' where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: abrt_var_cache_t, auth_cache_t, auth_home_t, cgroup_t, faillog_t, gitosis_var_lib_t, gkeyringd_tmp_t, krb5_host_rcache_t, lastlog_t, mozilla_plugin_tmp_t, mozilla_plugin_tmpfs_t, nfs_t, openshift_tmp_t, pam_var_run_t, ssh_home_t, sshd_var_run_t, systemd_passwd_var_run_t, user_tmp_t, var_auth_t. Then execute: restorecon -v '<username>.pem' ll -aZ /var/lib/ssh-x509-auth/ drwx------. adm root system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 . drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 .. -rw-------. adm adm system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 <username> -rw-------. adm adm system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 <username>.pem Is this a bug, a mislabeling, or...? mark -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx