[ale] SELinux & abrtd

[Sean Kilpatrick]

Jim,

I just looked again at the extended "error output."
It contains this line:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ 
Please file a bug report. 

FAQ is a link but there is no way to search that entire (LARGE) file for 
instructions on creating a "local policy module" so the effort is a waste 
of time.  There is, on the version of SELinux that comes with FC 13 (64-
bit), no command line instruction included to unblock the offending app.

Sean

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On Friday, September 17, 2010 02:15:21 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
> The popup notice has a "show extended/view details" feature. Included
> in that is a command line instruction to run to allow the blocked
> access. There are typically 2 ways to resolve these: temporary and
> permanently. Do the temp version AND hit the bug notice button to send
> the problem upstream.
> 
> yeah, I know, the bug notice process is what croaked in the first
> place. Usual abrtd stuff I've seen involve temp files (ditto on yum
> selinux issues) so allowing the read/write is OK.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> 
wrote:
> >  got this message this morning:
> > SELinux denied access requested by abrtd. It is not expected that
> > this access is required by abrtd and this access may signal an
> > intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or
> > configuration of the application is causing it to require additional
> > access.
> > 
> > All I know about abrtd is what Google turned up:
> > 
> > abrt is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and
> > 
> > to create a bug report with all informations needed by maintainer to
> > fix it.
> > 
> > It uses plugin system to extend its functionality.
> > 
> >  So I think my question is
> > 
> > How do I get SELinux to let the program do its thing?
> > 
> > Or should I just not give a damn?
> > 
> >  Sean
> > 
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