Addition of selinux users causes "Multiple same specifications" warnings during startup

[Radha Venkatesh (radvenka)]

Yes, for security reasons, /dev/null is being used as the homedir for
users in our product.

Thanks,
Radha. 

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From: Daniel J Walsh [mailto:dwalsh at redhat.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:02 PM
To: Radha Venkatesh (radvenka)
Cc: fedora-selinux-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: Addition of selinux users causes "Multiple same
specifications" warnings during startup

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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.
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This looks like /dev/null is defined as a homedir?
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