Re: run_init change in latest policycoreutils

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On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Sven Vermeulen
<sven.vermeulen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The "Authenticating root." is normal. The execvp error isn't. I get
> the following denial, but I don't think this is the cause of the error
> (mainly because it worked previously):
>
> Sep 30 19:44:02 testsys kernel: [20516.783063] type=1400
> audit(1349027042.720:264): avc:  denied  { entrypoint } for  pid=20672
> comm="run_init" path="/sbin/rc-service" dev="vda1" ino=2373161
> scontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:bin_t
> tclass=file
[...]

OK so allowing the following fixes the behavior, yet I'm still not
aware why and if this additional rule is really a good idea. Of
course, without any transition permission, having an entrypoint has no
real threats with it, does it?

"""
allow initrc_t bin_t:file entrypoint;
"""

Wkr,
  Sven Vermeulen

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