First selinux problem, help!

[Mark Haney]

M A Young wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:
>   
>> Mark Haney wrote:
>>     
>>> Nov  8 10:34:26 localhost kernel: audit(1163000066.441:216): avc:
>>> denied  { sigkill } for  pid=28872 comm="bash"
>>> scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
>>> tcontext=root:system_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c255 tclass=process
>>>
>>> What I'm trying to kill is a perl script (rsnapshot).
>>>       
>> Well that's a curious one. It would be allowed by policy here. Try
>> piping that error log entry through /usr/sbin/audit2why at your end.
>>     
>
> You are trying to send the signal as root (ie. it is worth double checking
> you aren't doing something that ordinary linux would block)?
> It may also be worth checking what selinux type you are running - for most
> circumstances "targeted" is the right choice - the other options "strict"
> and "mls" are probably too paranoid for most purposes.
>
> 	Michael Young
>
>   
Yes, I'm trying to send the signal as root.  The process itself is owned 
and run by root, so I don't think that should be a problem.  As for 
which type of selinux I'm running, how do I check that?  I'm pretty sure 
I'm using targeted, but can't say for certain.


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Mark Haney
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