Weird dhcpd problem

[Claude Jones]

On Sunday 09 October 2005 10:58 am, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Claude Jones wrote:
> > On Sun October 9 2005 7:33 am, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
> >>> If memory serves, selinux disabled dhcpd in the release version.
> >>> Subsequent patches fixed the issue - are you patched up to date. If
> >>> it's a fresh install, try disabling selinux - if that works, you
> >>> probably can fix the issue by getting all the latest updates.
> >>
> >> I've found /etc/selinux/config and set it it 'disabled'. Can I apply
> >> this without rebooting? The computer is at the other side of Brussels
> >> ;-)
> >
> > Can't help you there - I'm in the Blue Ridge mountains of the East Coast
> > of the U.S. ;-)
> > I'm not sure of doing it as you suggest - you could try 'setenforce = 0'
> > as root - I think that will do it
>
> "setenforce 0" will set SELinux to permissive mode.  "setenforce 1" will
> set it to enforcing mode.
>
> Change /etc/sysconfig/selinux to affect the next boot.  For a onetime
> change on boot, use the GRUB editor to add "enforcing=0" to set permissive
> mode.
>
Good clarification - I do believe that the issue with fresh installs and dhcpd 
could be checked by using the "setenforce = 0" command - that's how I 
remember it, but that was some months ago, and I have memory problems with 
yesterday ;-)
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA