Re: ainit (xdm_t) wants to write /etc/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf (etc_t) ...

Tom London wrote:

> Running strict/enforcing, latest rawhide.
>
> Get the following when logging in:
> May 21 13:30:16 fedora gdm(pam_unix)[2946]: session opened for user
> tbl by (uid=0)
> May 21 13:30:16 fedora kernel: audit(1116707416.740:0): avc:  denied 
> { write } for  name=dmix.conf dev=hda2 ino=4523476
> scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t
> tclass=file
> May 21 13:30:16 fedora ainit: Failed to open file /etc/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf
> May 21 13:30:16 fedora ainit: Error: Permission denied
>
> The file in questions is /etc/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf. 
>
> /etc/alsa/ainit.conf has:
> #
> # overwrite target files, if exists
> #
> overwrite = yes
>
> #
> # first config file - for dmix plugin
> #
> template_0 = /etc/alsa/pcm/dmix.template
> target_0  = /etc/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf
> target_root_file_0 = yes
>
> This seems less than perfect to me....
> Should dmix.conf (and dsnoop.conf) be someplace else? Labeled as
> xdm_rw_etc_t? (I don't know who else needs to read these files....)
>
> tom
>
>  
Do you have any idea if xdm is actually trying to write this file, or 
could this just be they used the wrong flags when opening the file?
Dan

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