Yes, for security reasons, /dev/null is being used as the homedir for users in our product. Thanks, Radha. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J Walsh [mailto:dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:02 PM To: Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) Cc: fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Addition of selinux users causes "Multiple same specifications" warnings during startup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/15/2010 02:33 PM, Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) wrote: > I have created SeLinux users using "semanage user" and tied the > SeLinux users to Linux users using "semanage login". I find that on > startup, there are several warnings thrown for "Multiple same specifications". > Below is an example > > /etc/selinux/strict/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple same > specifications for /dev/null/\.screenrc > > I then checked and found that file_contexts has > > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > ccmusergrp_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > ccmusergrp_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > specialuser_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > ccmusergrp_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > ccmusergrp_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > file_contexts.homedirs:/dev/null/\.screenrc -- > specialuser_u:object_r:user_screen_ro_home_t:s0 > > Looks like there is an entry for every Linux user I tied to the > SeLinux user. > > I am using > > libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5 > libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5 > policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5 > libsepol-1.15.2-3.el5 > > and do not have an option to move to later releases. > > Is there a way for me to get rid of these warnings or suppress them, > without changing the source code provided by RedHat? > > Thanks, > Radha. > > > > > > > > -- > selinux mailing list > selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux This looks like /dev/null is defined as a homedir? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky4pQ8ACgkQrlYvE4MpobNAaQCgj1YodMZ/YN6yd8Kk8Ff5rc/T WPEAoOZLk3LQS47HQLtyEeQ/mXsli6v1 =Yr37 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux
