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Bug 237163

Summary: namespace.conf: $HOME used in polyinstantiated directory name not being expanded
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Ted X Toth <txtoth>
Component: pamAssignee: Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2007-0555 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-07 15:40:34 UTC Type: ---
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Description Ted X Toth 2007-04-19 19:06:04 UTC 
Description of problem:
pam_namespace complains that "Pathnames must start with '/'" when I
try and polyinstantiate "$HOME/.mozilla"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
easily

Steps to Reproduce:
1. add a line as follows to /etc/security/namespace.conf
$HOME/foo $HOME/foo.inst level root
2. as a user run in your home directory run 'mkdir foo' and 'mkdir -m 000 foo.inst'
3. make sure that the 'session required pam_namespace.so ...' lines in
/etc/pam.d/[login|su|newrole|gdm|...] ends with debug
4. re-login as the user and then as root check /var/log/secure for the error message
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Comment 1 Ted X Toth 2007-04-19 19:06:05 UTC 
Created attachment 153048 [details]
patch file
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-04-19 19:28:48 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 15:40:34 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html