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Re: [rhelv5-list] SELinux and procmail not getting along

John Summerfield

2008-04-11

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Bryan Hepworth wrote:
> Hi Everyone.
>
> I've run into a problem with SELinux and procmail - I'm trying to have a
> scenario where end users can email themselves to turn a vacation message
> on and off. I saw the original procmail recipe here: -
>
> http://ahab.com/code/vacationrc
>
> The SELinux errors I get are as follows: -
>
>   SELinux is preventing sh (procmail_t) "getattr" to /bin/hostname
>   (hostname_exec_t).
>
>   SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/procmail (procmail_t) "execute" to
> hostname
>   (hostname_exec_t).
>
>   SELinux is preventing the /usr/bin/procmail from using potentially
>   mislabeled files (tmp).
>
> This is pretty much my first run in with SELinux and I'd like to rectify
> the problems and keep SELinux running, but don't really know where to
> begin. The SELinux log said to file a bugzilla, but I didn't really
> think this was a bug, rather a question of sorting out a new policy for
> the machine. If someone could say yes sort a new policy read the how-to
> I'd be grateful. The link took me to Fedora Core 5.

There's a good argument that it's a bug in policy. If you file a report,
wiser folk than we can ponder the question.



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Cheers
John

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