The audit.log should contain more detail than is being provided here,
if it is a unix socket you should see the path, i suspect it is the
unix socket not the tcp sockets (pop3/imap)
On 30 Apr 2009, at 4:50 PM, Dan Roberts wrote:
> Ok, but how?
>
> There appear to be a lot of different options when employing
> audit2allow and I am reluctant to start blazing away trying
> different elements. I am missing the details of what socket an dhow
> the execution is occuring so that I can begin to develop the proper
> audit2allow sequence.
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Andrew Colin Kissa wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Dovecot is trying to open a socket, and procmail is trying to
>> execute spamc, You should be able to fix these issues using
>> audit2allow.
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On 30 Apr 2009, at 4:07 PM, Dan Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> Following a hard drive corruption I have reinstalled the latest
>>> version of CentOS and all current patch files.
>>>
>>> For most applications I selected the default options. By doing
>>> this I expected that the packages would play nice with one another
>>> and I could customize as necessary.
>>>
>>> Setting SELinux to enforce I encountered all sorts of problems -
>>> but most were resolvable, save for Dovecot, Procmail (for spamc),
>>> and an odd one with Apache.
>>>
>>> Given that these were all installed with the CentOS install
>>> defaults, I can't believe I am the only one with these issues but
>>> finding a solution has not been self evident. Hoping someone here
>>> can help.
>>>
>>> For Dovecot I get the following:
>>> SELinux is preventing dovecot (dovecot_t) "create" to <Unknown>
>>> (dovecot_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
>>> e1b070ab-586a-4c5a-befe-b6a46b9ab992
>>>
>>> For procmail I get the following:
>>> SELinux is preventing procmail (procmail_t) "execute" to ./spamc
>>> (spamc_exec_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
>>> 0a554689-4948-4edf-9964-dddbfe6a2492
>>> SELinux is preventing sh (procmail_t) "read" to ./spamc
>>> (spamc_exec_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
>>> 1f1ebd83-412d-4e93-a36f-6f3d34c663df
>>>
>>> For Apache it's even more strange - When started I get:
>>> Syntax error on line 283 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
>>> DocumentRoot must be directory
>>>
>>> But it is a directory, has the correct permissions and I have even
>>> run chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /web/www/ in an effort to
>>> correct the problem. I run a virtual server too, and in trying to
>>> find a fix for this that may be a problem - but first things first.
>>>
>>> All the other issues I had I could resolve when I ran the
>>> specified "sealert" tag and followed the suggested instructions -
>>> but those above don't budge. When I go to the fedora.redhat.com/
>>> docs/selinux-fq-fc5 site to take on making a local policy module I
>>> am quickly getting lost . The option to simply disable SElinux
>>> with respect to Apache, Dovecote or anything else is suggested -
>>> but not something I see in the GUI window, and I have not figured
>>> out how to do it from the command line.
>>>
>>> Again, because these are default packages, I hope that someone
>>> else knows how to resolve these.
>>>
>>> With respect to the to reports from SELinux regarding Dovecot and
>>> promail, here is a bit more info:
>>>
>>> The info and Raw Audit message for dovecot_t is:
>>> Source Context system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0
>>> Target Context system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0
>>> Target Objects None [ socket ]
>>> Source dovecot
>>> Source Path /usr/sbin/dovecot
>>> Port <Unknown>
>>> Host trailrunner
>>> Source RPM Packages dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5
>>> Target RPM Packages
>>> Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.4.6-203.el5
>>> Selinux Enabled True
>>> Policy Type targeted
>>> MLS Enabled True
>>> Enforcing Mode Enforcing
>>> Plugin Name catchall
>>> Host Name trailrunner
>>> Platform Linux trailrunner
>>> 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen #1 SMP Wed
>>> Apr 1 10:38:05 EDT 2009 i686 athlon
>>> Alert Count 2
>>> First Seen Wed Apr 29 15:39:51 2009
>>> Last Seen Wed Apr 29 15:47:31 2009
>>> Local ID e1b070ab-586a-4c5a-befe-b6a46b9ab992
>>> Line Numbers
>>>
>>> Raw Audit Messages
>>> host=trailrunner type=AVC msg=audit(1241041651.976:33): avc:
>>> denied { create } for pid=3884 comm="dovecot"
>>> scontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0
>>> tcontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 tclass=socket
>>> host=trailrunner type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1241041651.976:33):
>>> arch=40000003 syscall=102 success=no exit=-13 a0=1 a1=bf851070
>>> a2=9e45030 a3=3e1 items=0 ppid=3883 pid=3884 auid=4294967295 uid=0
>>> gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none)
>>> ses=4294967295 comm="dovecot" exe="/usr/sbin/dovecot"
>>> subj=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 key=(null)
>>>
>>> The Raw Audit Message for Procmail is:
>>> Source Context system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0
>>> Target Context system_u:object_r:spamc_exec_t:s0
>>> Target Objects ./spamc [ file ]
>>> Source procmail
>>> Source Path /usr/bin/procmail
>>> Port <Unknown>
>>> Host trailrunner
>>> Source RPM Packages procmail-3.22-17.1.el5.centos
>>> Target RPM Packages
>>> Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.4.6-203.el5
>>> Selinux Enabled True
>>> Policy Type targeted
>>> MLS Enabled True
>>> Enforcing Mode Enforcing
>>> Plugin Name catchall_file
>>> Host Name trailrunner
>>> Platform Linux trailrunner
>>> 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen #1 SMP Wed
>>> Apr 1 10:38:05 EDT 2009 i686 athlon
>>> Alert Count 29
>>> First Seen Wed Apr 29 15:40:40 2009
>>> Last Seen Wed Apr 29 16:25:40 2009
>>> Local ID 0a554689-4948-4edf-9964-dddbfe6a2492
>>> Line Numbers
>>>
>>> Raw Audit Messages
>>> host=trailrunner type=AVC msg=audit(1241043940.918:166): avc:
>>> denied { execute } for pid=3344 comm="procmail" name="spamc"
>>> dev=dm-0 ino=18762675 scontext=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0
>>> tcontext=system_u:object_r:spamc_exec_t:s0 tclass=file
>>> host=trailrunner type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1241043940.918:166):
>>> arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=no exit=-13 a0=8ef1d90 a1=8ef1020
>>> a2=8ef32d8 a3=1 items=0 ppid=3343 pid=3344 auid=4294967295 uid=0
>>> gid=12 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=12 sgid=12 fsgid=12 tty=(none)
>>> ses=4294967295 comm="procmail" exe="/usr/bin/procmail"
>>> subj=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0 key=(null)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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