[CentOS] Postfix avc (SELinux)

[James B. Byrne]

On Mon, December 8, 2014 20:01, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>
> rpm -q selinux-policy
>
> selinux-policy-3.7.19-260.el6 is the current policy in development.
>>

Thank you.


>>>> #============= postfix_showq_t ==============
>>>> allow postfix_showq_t tmp_t:dir read;
>>> Any reason postfix would be listing the contents of /tmp or /var/tmp?
>>> Did you put some content into these directories that have something to
>>> do with mail?
>> That question I need put to the Postfix mailing list. I see nothing in the
>> spec file that bears on the matter and the tarball was pulled from:
>>
>>  ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/
>>
>>>> #============= postfix_smtp_t ==============
>>>> allow postfix_smtp_t postfix_spool_maildrop_t:file { read write getattr };
>>>>
>>>>

I do not know why my build of Postfix is looking in /tmp.  According to Wietse
Venema the base Postfix tarball does not access /tmp at all.  So it must be
one of the patches, but I have not yet uncovered which one.  In any case, this
raises the question:  Why would any program not have access to /tmp?  Is not
that what /tmp is for, a scratchpad for programs?


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