SELinux is preventing /bin/gawk "execute" access on /var/home/rnichols/mail/spamstrings.awk

[Robert Nichols]

On 03/05/2010 09:13 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> Yes I think labeling the bin directory in your homedir as bin_t will
> allow almost all confined applications on your system to execute them.
>
> The problem with SELinux is people think first of adding allow rules
> rather then fixing the labeling.

In defense of those just struggling to get by, that is generally what
setroubleshoot suggests.  Plus, while the audit2allow route is fairly
obvious, it take a significantly deeper understanding of the base
policy to know which of the source or target types might wrong and
just what the proper labeling should be.

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