Dan, I have created SeLinux users which can take on roles of system_r and sysadm_r and tied them the Linux users created (though they are nologin). This is needed so that these linux users can execute applications in our product taking on system_r or sysadm_r roles. Thanks, Radha. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J Walsh [mailto:dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:53 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 03:27 PM, Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) wrote: > > Dan, > > These users do not login to the system and their shells are already > set to /sbin/nologin. > > Thanks, > Radha. Then why are you assigning user context to the accounts. genhomedircon must have a bug in that it is ignoring the shell if the user has an assigned seusers label. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel J Walsh [mailto:dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:18 PM > To: Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) > Cc: fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Addition of selinux users causes "Multiple same > specifications" warnings during startup > > On 10/15/2010 03:11 PM, Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) wrote: > >> 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 > >> 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAky4sQ0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOCIQCfT9wyJVOqwLL7Qpia8WEIuK+Y Lc8AoJcAuBqaxzM0ENUhB9a6nlGHEpUf =oFYy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux
