Hello, restorecon works only for existing files, for new files you are looking for file transition rule. Google that out, there is plenty of articles on that topic, for example: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SELinuxFileNameTransition LZ 2017-01-23 19:57 GMT+01:00 Tim Smith <r.a.n.d.o.m.d.e.v.4+centos at gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I'm trying to grant dovecot the ability to manage its socket within > the postfix spool directory. > > I have added the below to file_contexts.local : > > /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 > > > However, running "restorecon -v > /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth" gives me the following error > : > > restorecon: lstat(/var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth) failed: > No such file or directory > > > I cannot create the socket file in advance, because dovecot manages > it, and if you "touch" the file, dovecot complains. > > Where am I going wrong ? > > Thanks ! > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- S pozdravem / Best regards Lukas Zapletal