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On 10/02/2012 08:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 10/03/2012 02:53 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> On 10/01/2012 07:34 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 10/01/2012 10:04 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>>> On 30 September 2012 23:09, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I just started playing around with firewalld and I found something
>>>> that doesn't seem right to me.
>>>>
>>>> If any user starts firewall-applet and then selects "Block all
>>>> network traffic" it will do as asked without any prompt for
root's
>>>> password or any other authentication.
>>>>
>>>> This seems crazy to me.
>>> Does the opposite work? Can the person turn off the firewall?
>>>
>
>> I imagine that the on/off setting is what is labeled "Shields UP".
>> Not sure of their jargon. But, here is the "strange" thing.
>
>> When the applet is started the "Shields UP" is unchecked. But, for
>> sure the firewall is running.
>
>> If you check the box, you get an authentication dialog. If you hit
>> "cancel" I would expect the box to remain unchecked. However, it
>> switches to being checked....even though nothing is done.
>
>> Checking the box and providing the root password results in a error
>> message (iptables: Invalid argument) in the terminal where the applet
>> was started as well as an selinux AVC denial.
>
>> Uggh...
>
> What is the SELinux denial?
type=AVC msg=audit(1349049826.875:414): avc: denied { getattr } for
pid=2428 comm="sh" path="/usr/sbin/setfiles" dev="sda3"
ino=1451202
scontext=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:setfiles_exec_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1349049827.010:415): avc: denied { getattr } for
pid=2429 comm="sh" path="/usr/sbin/setfiles" dev="sda3"
ino=1451202
scontext=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:setfiles_exec_t:s0 tclass=file
firewalld should not be running setfiles, or restorecon.
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