Re: gnome-screensav AVCs

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Xavier Toth wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Christopher J. PeBenito
> <cpebenito@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 09:46 -0500, Xavier Toth wrote:
>>> I'm seeing AVCs related to netlink_audit_socket when the screen saver
>>> dialog is run. gnome-screensaver-dialog opens a pam session which uses
>>> pam_unix which in turn runs the unix_chkpwd helper. I'm thinking that
>>> gnome-screensaver-dialog is going to need some policy including
>>> possibly authlogin_common_auth_domain_template.
>> I'm not 100% clear, is the auditing happening from unix_chkpwd or the
>> screensaver proper?
>>
> 
> I'm sure that it is unix_chkpwd that is auditing and not
> gnome-screensaver-dialog.
> 
>>> Would it be best to add policy for this to gnome or should it have
>>> it's own module?
>> The gnome module is for policies for core gnome components.
>> Unfortunately "core component" isn't really well defined at the moment.
>> But I've been thinking about it since Dan has a gnome clock applet
>> policy since it can set the clock.  If we had a better idea what pieces
>> needed their own domain, it'd be easier to make a decision.  Something
>> like dbus doesn't fit since its useful outside of gnome.
> 
> Yes there may be other gnome apps that need policy but I don't know
> which at this point.
> 
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>> Chris PeBenito
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>> (410) 290-1411 x150
>>
>>
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It is the pam library that is calling audit_open, which triggers this
avc.  You need to dontaudit it.
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