Why SELinux report errors on syslogd ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The system got many SELinux errors in /var/log/messages.
kernel: audit(1269720122.791:1406): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=3218 comm="syslogd" name="mail" dev=sda6 ino=12 scontext=user_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_spool_t tclass=lnk_file
kernel: audit(1269720122.791:1407): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=3218 comm="syslogd" name="spool" dev=sda6 ino=48097 scontext=user_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_spool_t tclass=dir

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SELinux
  • rsyslogd

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