diff -ru /usr/src/se/policy/domains/admin.te ./domains/admin.te
--- /usr/src/se/policy/domains/admin.te	2004-05-30 16:26:57.000000000 +1000
+++ ./domains/admin.te	2004-07-08 19:20:25.000000000 +1000
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@
 
 # Add/remove user home directories
 file_type_auto_trans(sysadm_t, home_root_t, user_home_dir_t, dir)
-file_type_auto_trans(sysadm_t, user_home_dir_t, user_home_t)
diff -ru /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/checkpolicy.te ./domains/program/checkpolicy.te
--- /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/checkpolicy.te	2004-06-03 14:11:05.000000000 +1000
+++ ./domains/program/checkpolicy.te	2004-07-09 11:17:36.000000000 +1000
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # able to create and modify binary policy files
 allow checkpolicy_t policy_config_t:dir rw_dir_perms;
-allow checkpolicy_t policy_config_t:notdevfile_class_set create_file_perms;
+allow checkpolicy_t policy_config_t:file create_file_perms;
 
 ###########################
 # constrain what checkpolicy can use as source files
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 # only allow read of policy source files
 allow checkpolicy_t policy_src_t:dir r_dir_perms;
-allow checkpolicy_t policy_src_t:notdevfile_class_set r_file_perms;
+allow checkpolicy_t policy_src_t:{ file lnk_file } r_file_perms;
 
 # allow test policies to be created in src directories
 file_type_auto_trans(checkpolicy_t, policy_src_t, policy_config_t, file)
diff -ru /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/crond.te ./domains/program/crond.te
--- /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/crond.te	2004-07-11 17:37:09.000000000 +1000
+++ ./domains/program/crond.te	2004-07-09 07:17:19.000000000 +1000
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 allow crond_t cron_spool_t:file r_file_perms;
 
 # Read /etc/security/default_contexts.
-r_dir_file( crond_t, default_context_t)
+r_dir_file(crond_t, default_context_t)
 
 allow crond_t etc_t:file { getattr read };
 allow crond_t etc_t:lnk_file read;
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@
 ')
 
 # Stat any file and search any directory for find.
-allow system_crond_t file_type:file_class_set getattr;
+allow system_crond_t file_type:notdevfile_class_set getattr;
+allow system_crond_t device_type:{ chr_file blk_file } getattr;
 allow system_crond_t file_type:dir { read search getattr };
 
 # Create temporary files.
diff -ru /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/dmesg.te ./domains/program/dmesg.te
--- /usr/src/se/policy/domains/program/dmesg.te	2004-06-17 15:10:38.000000000 +1000
+++ ./domains/program/dmesg.te	2004-07-04 18:17:42.000000000 +1000
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 #
 # dmesg_exec_t is the type of the dmesg executable.
 #
-daemon_base_domain(dmesg)
+# while sysadm_t has the sys_admin capability there is no point in using
+# dmesg_t when run from sysadm_t, so we use nosysadm.
+#
+daemon_base_domain(dmesg, , `nosysadm')
 
 #
 # Rules used for dmesg