Re: allow sftp to read httpd_sys_content_t or public_content_t

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 01/29/2014 11:04 AM, George Myer wrote:
>  I have a directory that I need to share via https and sftp.  I have
> tried 
>  labeling the directory as httpd_sys_content_t and public_content_t.  This
>  allows httpd access to the directory but not sftp via ssh.  If I change the
>  label to chroot_user_t then ssh works but httpd can't access the data.
>  
>  # cat /var/log/secure Jan 27 13:50:25 www sshd[8872]: fatal: safely_chroot:
>  stat("/data"): Permission denied
>  
>  # ls -lZ drwxr-xr-x. root anonymous system_u:object_r:public_content_t:s0
>  data
>  
>  # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log type=AVC msg=audit(1391012447.734:1292):
>  avc: denied { getattr } for pid=7910 comm="sshd" path="/data"
> dev=dm-4
>  ino=2 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:chroot_user_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 
>  tcontext=system_u:object_r:public_content_t:s0 tclass=dir
>  
>  I have https working as I am currently using public_content_t.  I know that
>  the public_content_t allows HTTP Sever, FTP, rsync, and Samba but sftp is
>  not listed.  So I have 2 questions: 1) How can I allow sftp access to
>  /data? 2) Why isn't sftp allowed to read public_content_t labels?
>  
>  Thanks, George
>  
>  
>  
>  -- selinux mailing list selinux(a)lists.fedoraproject.org 
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>   
Easiest is to just write a custom policy module allowing rsync_t to read
public_content_t.
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