Difference in the selinux context for the iptables file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On a fresh RHEL 5 install the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file gets a "etc_t" type context but the selinux rules give it a "etc_runtime_t" context :

    # semanage fcontext -l | grep /etc/sysconfig/iptables
/etc/sysconfig/iptables                            regular file       system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables\.save                      regular file       system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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