SELINUX_ERR during update of libgnome

[Tom London]

Running selinux-policy-3.2.4-5.fc9, targeted/enforcing.

yum updating libgnome produced:

  Updating  : libgnome                     ##################### [ 23/198]
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.65437: line 1: /usr/sbin/groupadd: Permission denied

The following is in /var/log/audit/audit.log:

type=SELINUX_ERR msg=audit(1198114407.394:63): security_compute_sid:
invalid context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:groupadd_t:s0 for
scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:rpm_script_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:groupadd_exec_t:s0 tclass=process
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1198114407.394:63): arch=40000003 syscall=11
success=no exit=-13 a0=92e3d38 a1=92e3058 a2=92e2bc8 a3=0 items=0
ppid=26907 pid=26908 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0
sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 comm="sh" exe="/bin/bash"
subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:rpm_script_t:s0 key=(null)
type=SELINUX_ERR msg=audit(1198114429.545:64): security_compute_sid:
invalid context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:useradd_t:s0 for
scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:rpm_script_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:useradd_exec_t:s0 tclass=process
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1198114429.545:64): arch=40000003 syscall=11
success=no exit=-13 a0=96c8208 a1=96c7ad0 a2=96c6bc8 a3=0 items=0
ppid=26946 pid=26947 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0
sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 comm="sh" exe="/bin/bash"
subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:rpm_script_t:s0 key=(null)

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Tom London