Summary SELinux is preventing the /usr/sbin/sshd from using potentially mislabeled files (system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified_johnd). Detailed Description SELinux has denied /usr/sbin/sshd access to potentially mislabeled file(s) (system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified_johnd). This means that SELinux will not allow /usr/sbin/sshd to use these files. It is common for users to edit files in their home directory or tmp directories and then move (mv) them to system directories. The problem is that the files end up with the wrong file context which confined applications are not allowed to access. Allowing Access If you want /usr/sbin/sshd to access this files, you need to relabel them using restorecon -v system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified_johnd. You might want to relabel the entire directory using restorecon -R -v . Additional Information Source Context user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh Target Context system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified Target Objects system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified_johnd [ dir ] Affected RPM Packages openssh-server-4.3p2-16.el5 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.4.6-30.el5 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name plugins.home_tmp_bad_labels Host Name Platform Linux 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 17 01:55:38 CEST 2007 i686 i686 Alert Count 2 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { relabelto } for comm="sshd" dev=dm-3 egid=0 euid=0 exe="/usr/sbin/sshd" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-Unclassified_johnd" pid=5909 scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 sgid=0 subj=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 suid=0 tclass=dir tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0-s0:c2 tty=(none) uid=0