Re: Kernel errors in logs

[John Summerfied <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Jody Cleveland wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running redhat 4.0 AS, and I've got a question about log files.
>
> In the LogWatch emails I get every day, I get a bunch of Kernel errors
> regarding the log files:

Not all "kernel errors" are kernel errors; logwatch on my system reports 
all kernel msgs as errrors. Howev er, it's good to be aware of them 
because some of them (as here) reflect a problem.

>  --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ 
>
>
> WARNING:  Kernel Errors Present
>    audit(1124725240.594:0): avc:  denied  { append } for  pid=11510
> comm=sendmail path=/var/www/logs/default/error_log dev=dm-0 ino...:  1
> Time(s)
>    audit(1124725240.594:0): avc:  denied  { append } for  pid=11510
> comm=sendmail path=/var/www/logs/email/error_log dev=dm-0 ino...:  1
> Time(s)
>
> Is this a permissions issue? If so, what should the permissions be for
> these log files?

You need to read up on selinux.



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