Fedora (again) forces me to disable SELinux

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mark wrote:
> 2008/4/3, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com>:
>> Here's what people asking for the removal of SELinux don't seem to understand.
>>
>>
>>  When you remove SELinux, those of use who want to have it essentially
>>  can't have it (yes you can always recompile yourself). When you leave
>>  SELinux in, those of you who don't want it can simply turn it off.
>>
>>  Bad example, but it's like deciding whether or not to put a light bulb
>>  in a room. If there is no light bulb, no one can have light. If there
>>  is one, you can always just switch it off when you don't want light.
> 
> To stay on your light bulb.
> It might not be the best thing to show down the light bulb like
> Mr.Bean does in one of his videos so having the light bulb BUT turning
> it off by default is better for the environment :) only turn it on
> when you need the light.

Security is needed and hence different features to help support that need.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/Features

Rahul