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117-303 · Question #86
An unprivileged user issued a command which produced the following log message: avc: denied { getattr } for pid=984 exe=/usr/bin/vim path=/etc/shadow dev=03:01 ino=134343 scontext=hugh:user_r:user_t…
The correct answer is A. User hugh was not running in a security context that permitted reading the file. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An unprivileged user issued a command which produced the following log message: avc: denied { getattr } for pid=984 exe=/usr/bin/vim path=/etc/shadow dev=03:01 ino=134343 scontext=hugh:user_r:user_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:shadow_t tclass=file What does the message mean?
Options
- AUser hugh was not running in a security context that permitted reading the file.
- BUser hugh only needs to switch to the object_r role in order to edit /etc/shadow.
- CThe security context for hugh is misconfigured and needs access to read any system file.
- DUser hugh was not running in a security context that permitted writing to the file.
How the community answered
(64 responses)- A80% (51)
- B11% (7)
- C6% (4)
- D3% (2)
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