linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc1 + selinux new options = no httpd

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Message-id: <200808011452.11401.gene.heskett@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:52:11 -0400
From:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc1 + selinux new options = no httpd

On Thursday 31 July 2008, Stephen Smalley wrote:
>On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 10:44 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 09:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > On Thursday 31 July 2008, James Morris wrote:
>> > >What AVC messages are you seeing?
>> >
>> > I posted the whole screen from setroubleshoot earlier.
>>
>> I'm sorry but I can't seem to find it in your original message...
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121747333012971&w=2
>>
>> Do you have another pointer?  I can't think of anything that went into
>> 2.6.27 related to SELinux that should have in any way changed file
>> access checks but I'll poke through the changelog and see if something
>> stands out...
>
>I suspect it is the append bug introduced by the vfs changes, fixed by
>http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121726661110266&w=2
>
>httpd would only be allowed append permission to its log file by policy.

This fixed it right up a few hours ago, Steven.  Thanks.

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