selinux ping problems

[Ian Marks]

I have my nagios.cmd file set with "root:object_r:usr_t".  Try setting 
it to that and see if it works.  Otherwise, you can install the 
"selinux-policy-targeted-sources" package, assuming you are using a 
targeted policy, and do the following.

cd /etc/selinux/$SELINUXTYPE/src/policy 
echo "allow ping_t httpd_var_run_t:fifo_file read;" >> /domains/misc/local.te
make load


This may not be the most secure way of doing it but it should allow you 
what you need.

Ian

Yong Lee wrote:
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> sorry, I forgot to mention that I am using a redhat enterprise 4 system.
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> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Yong Lee
> *Sent:* September 18, 2006 12:01 PM
> *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Nagios-users] selinux ping problems
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> Does anyone know what selinux contexts I need to get rid of the 
> following ping related problem:
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> Sep 18 11:51:16 snmp kernel: audit(1158605476.132:153480): avc:  
> denied  { read } for  pid=21022 comm="ping" name="nagios.cmd" dev=sda1 
> ino=38798253 scontext=user_u:system_r:ping_t 
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:httpd_var_run_t tclass=fifo_file
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> my nagios.cmd file currently has context settings of :
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> system_u:object_r:httpd_var_run_t nagios.cmd
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> Many thanks for any light you can shed on this.
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> Yong.
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