Re: sendmail avc's - on a system upgraded from f7 to f8 - in <Unknown>

[David Timms <dtimms iinet net au>]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Might you have installed VMware?
Correct.

> Mangling the context of /etc/services
> to rpm_script_tmp_t is a long-standing bug in the VMware package
> scripts.

# ls -lZ /etc/serv*
-rw-r--r--  root root system_u:object_r:etc_t          /etc/services

# rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
Preparing...        ########################################### [100%]
   1:VMware-server  ########################################### [100%]

# ls -lZ /etc/serv*
-rw-r--r--  root root unconfined_u:object_r:rpm_script_tmp_t /etc/services

Searching the vmware forums found the identical cause leading to slghtly 
different selinux symptoms - logging not working, and a comment form 
myself in there:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/856343#856343
referencing:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-April/msg00780.html ,794

and another on using vmware-server with F8:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/856343#856343
which didn't stop me, but helped others.

Actually, I submitted a vmware "defect report" to this effect.

A secondary question: is there a way in which troubleshoot browser could 
be improved to point the finger at the correct cause / solution ?
Or is the effort best spent in getting vmware to script the install more 
carefully ?

DaveT.
"short memory, must have a, short memory" - midnight oil