Bug 433134

Summary: selinux gives improper error messages upon su when $HOME contains spaces
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Anthony Stuckey <anthonystuckey>
Component: selinux-policy-targetedAssignee: Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Hardware: i386   
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Description Anthony Stuckey 2008-02-16 18:17:03 UTC
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Description of problem:
Script started on Sat 16 Feb 2008 12:04:27 PM CST
bash-3.2$ su - testuser1
Password:
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 39 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/.+
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 40 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/.gnome2(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 41 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/.*/plugins/nppdf\.so.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 42 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/.*/plugins/nprhapengine\.so.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 43 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/.*/plugins/libflashplayer\.so.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 44 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/((www)|(web)|(public_html))(/.+)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 45 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.java(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 46 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.galeon(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 47 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.mozilla(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 48 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.phoenix(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 49 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.mozilla(/.*)?/plugins/libflashplayer\.so.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 50 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.netscape(/.*)?
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 51 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.gstreamer-.*/[^/]*\.so.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 52 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*/\.config/gtk-.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 53 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 54 has invali
d file type Data/Users/[^/]*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 55 has invali
d file type Data/Users/lost\+found/.*
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 56 has invali
d file type Data/Users
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 57 has invali
d file type Data/Users/\.journal
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs:  line 58 has invali
d file type Data/Users/lost\+found
su: incorrect password
bash-3.2$ df -k /Network/Servers/mark.bme.utexas.edu/Volumes/Mark\ Data/Users
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
mark.bme.utexas.edu:/Volumes/Mark Data/Users
                     1464886912 1109086912 355800000  76% /Network/Servers/mark.
bme.utexas.edu/Volumes/Mark Data/Users
bash-3.2$ uname -a
Linux miles.bme.utexas.edu 2.6.23.14-115.fc8 #1 SMP Mon Jan 21 14:20:50 EST 2008
 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
bash-3.2$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
bash-3.2$ exit

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-3.0.8-84.fc8

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a user where the home directory path includes spaces.
2. su to that user.
3. Watch the error messages scroll by.

Actual Results:
The errors appear to be somewhat cosmetic, as the session does not appear to be affected.

Expected Results:
No error should have been produced.

Additional info:
See also:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426871
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433133

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2008-08-01 15:49:06 UTC
This is just too difficult to fix,  So I guess the best I can say is don't do
that.  Or patches will be accepted.