Fedora (again) forces me to disable SELinux

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 21:14:07 UTC 2008


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Mark <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/4/1, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta at gmail.com>:

>  > Actually you CAN help.. you CAN help by taking the hint i provided earlier
>  > and start talking to people through the test list so we can troubleshoot the
>  > specific messages you have been seeing..instead of doing what you are doing
>  > right now, which is failing to communicate with enough specificity for
>  > anyone to confirm or help track down so things can be fixed.  Clearly you've
>  > made up you mind... you decided you don't WANT to help. That's fine.. that's
>  > your choice... but do so with the understanding that by doing so you cheapen
>  > the testing process that the pre-releases is meant to fulfill.  By choosing
>  > to ignore selinux completely, you certainly aren't living up to the implied
>  > agreement to act as a responsible tester when you chose to make use of the
>  > pre-releases.
>  >   -jef"permissive mode is a available a compromise"spaleta
>  >
>
>  becarefull here! i do test things in fedora (9) and i do report issues
>  and make suggestions. you can't blame me for not testing something
>  that i:
>  1. don't like
>  2. don't want to have this way
>  3. don't want to spend my time on
>
>  And if you blame me for that than that's your problem!
>

Well that's one way to look at it. Of course, another way is to use
"Permissive Mode" or turn off Selinux when you install the system (it
was a choice ). That way, you can test what you want to test and avoid
what you hate. Not doing that and posting rants about what you think
about not doing it could be seen as being your problem.




-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"




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