How to create SELinux dontaudit rules to hide avc denied warnings

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Issue

  • We don't want to see certain SELinux warnings -- how can we make SELinux just silently deny a certain access attempt?

  • The /var/log/messages file is getting the same setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing ... warning over and over and we want to hide these warnings

  • The /var/log/audit/audit.log file is getting the same avc: denied warning over and over and we want to hide these warnings

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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