CentOS 7, updated. selinux_policy: 3.13.1-60 selinux_policy_targeted: 3.13.1-60 python: SELinux is preventing <blah_blah_stupid user path> from getattr access on the chr_file /dev/ipmi0.#012#012***** Plugin restorecon (90.5 confidence) suggests ************************#012#012If you want to fix the label. #012/dev/ipmi0 default label should be ipmi_device_ So I tried: semanage fcontext -m -t ipmi_device_t /dev/ipmi0 ValueError: File context for /dev/ipmi0 is not defined mark -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx