logwatch error messages

Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Thu Jan 23 18:55:22 UTC 2014


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On 01/23/2014 01:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> On 01/23/2014 08:38 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
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>> On 01/22/2014 11:07 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> I am seeing the following errors via "journalctl |grep logwatch":
>>> 
>>> I had performed the following selinux policy:
>>> 
>>> On 01/06/2014 08:14 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>>>> Create a file mylogwatch.te with the following content.
>>>> 
>>>> policy_module(mylogwatch, 1.0) gen_require(` type logwatch_mail_t;
>>>> ')
>>>> 
>>>> mta_filetrans_admin_home_content(logwatch_mail_t)
>>>> 
>>>> Now execute this command to compile the policy and load it into the 
>>>> kernel
>>>> 
>>>> # make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile # semodule -i
>>>> mylogwatch.pp
>>>> 
>>>> Now you should be allowed to run logwatch_mail_t in enforcing mode.
>>>> 
>>> What do these messages mean?
>>> 
>>> 
>> They mean that logwatch is not allowed to execute the procmail program.
>> 
>> You could add policy for it.
> 
> Obvious.  hindsight is just great!
> 
>> procmail_domtrans(logwatch_t)
> 
> I am looking at what you gave me before:
> 
> #cat mylogwatch.te policy_module(mylogwatch, 1.0) gen_require(` type
> logwatch_mail_t; ')
> 
> mta_filetrans_admin_home_content(logwatch_mail_t)
> 
> --------------------
> 
> Would mylogwprocmail.te contain:
> 
> policy_module(mylogwprocmail, 1.0) gen_require(` type logwatch_t; ')
> 
> procmail_domtrans(logwatch_t)
> 
> 
> 
> ???????????????????
> 
> 
Yes basically.
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