SELinux and RHEL6.2 preventing disk checks via NRPE

[Dennis Kuhlmeier]

Hello Trond,

On 09.12.2011 14:13, Trond Hasle Amundsen wrote:
> 
> RHEL6 has the following labels for use with Nagios plugins:
> 
>   # grep nagios /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts | grep plugin_exec | cut -d: -f3 | sort -u
>   nagios_admin_plugin_exec_t
>   nagios_checkdisk_plugin_exec_t
>   nagios_mail_plugin_exec_t
>   nagios_services_plugin_exec_t
>   nagios_system_plugin_exec_t
>   nagios_unconfined_plugin_exec_t
> 
> Try setting the confined types first, e.g.:
> 
>   chcon -t nagios_checkdisk_plugin_exec_t /path/to/check_fs_boot
> 
> If none of them works properly, you have nagios_unconfined_plugin_exec_t
> as a last resort.

the last resort in fact worked! Thanks!

> 
> When you find one that works, make it permanent with:
> 
>   semanage fcontext -a -t <type> '/path/to/check_fs_boot'
> 

Geez, there are a lot more contexts set than I thought. I should
probably remove duplicate entries, right?

> You may also have to set proper labels on the path leading up to the
> actual plugin.
> 
> Regards,


Thanks again,



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