[FC3] Squirrel Mail / SELinux

M.Lewis _fedoralist_ at cajuninc.com
Wed Jun 29 23:16:49 UTC 2005


Randy wrote:
> M.Lewis wrote:
> 
>> I'm having a problem logging into Squirrel Mail. I have the following 
>> in the log:
>>
>> Jun 29 14:40:40 cygnus kernel: audit(1120081240.918:0): avc:  denied  
>> { connect } for  pid=4379 exe=/usr/sbin/httpd 
>> scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_ttcontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t 
>> tclass=tcp_socket
>>
>> Earlier today, I did the procedure that's been described in the past 
>> week by Alexander I believe:
>>
>> su -
>> rpm -ev selinux-policy-targeted selinux-policy-targeted-sources
>> rm -fR /etc/selinux/targeted/
>> rpm -ivh 
>> /var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages/selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-3.9.noarch.rpm 
>> /var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages/selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-3.9.noarch.rpm 
>>
>> touch /.autorelabel
>>
>> Still I'm having the error shown above. Suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
> 
> 
> I ended up doing this to get it to work:
> 
> setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1
> setsebool -P dovecot_disable_trans=1
> 
> Now that SELinux doesn't mess with Dovecot, and the http flag is 
> changed, Dovecot can connect to http.  I also had to change some SELinux 
> settings before I could get to any files through SAMBA, and more to get 
> my WAN link to come up on boot.  When SELinux prevented me from 
> getting/putting files to my home directory and ALSO prevented me from 
> cd'ing out of my home directory, I ended up disabling it completely.  
> Now eveything works.  :-)
> 
> Use:  setenforce 0   to temporarily disable SELinux to see if it fixes 
> things
> that are broke.  It'll re-enable the next time you reboot.
> 
> 
> (apologies if this shows up on the list multiple times.  I was having 
> mail trouble and it looked like nothing was getting through)
> 

I applied the two updated files that Dan posted:
- selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-3.16.noarch.rpm
- selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-3.16.noarch.rpm

I still get the same results as before.

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