[Pkg-pulseaudio-devel] Bug#463996: pulseaudio fails to start when SELinux is enabled

[CJ van den Berg]

Hi Ritesh,

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:34:01PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> type=AVC msg=audit(1201966793.056:33): avc:  denied  { execmod } for  pid=5746 comm="pulseaudio" path="/usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8.2.0" dev=dm-2 ino=5789463 scont
> ext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 tclass=file
>         Was caused by:
>                 Unknown - would be allowed by specified policy
>                 Possible mismatch between this policy and the one under which the audit message was generated.
>                 Possible mismatch between current in-memory boolean settings vs. permanent ones.

can you explain why you consider this a pulseaudio bug? I don't know too
much about SELinux I'm afaid, but this looks like a problem with the
SELinux policy. I don't see how pulseaudio is supposed to avoid/solve
this problem.

Thanks.

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