Error "SELinux is preventing vsftpd (ftpd_t) "getattr" to <Unknown> (pam_console_t)"

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Issue

Error "SELinux is preventing vsftpd (ftpd_t) "getattr" to <Unknown> (pam_console_t)" showing in "/var/log/messages" when starting "vsftpd" service.

Error "SELinux is preventing vsftpd (ftpd_t) "unix_read unix_write" to <Unknown> (pam_console_t)" showing in "/var/log/messages" when starting "vsftpd" service.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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