Is SELinux resetting permissions?

[Daniel J Walsh]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> SELinux is installed but disabled, according to system-config-services, yet I 
> have problems with permissions which appear to get re-set.  When I change the 
> permissions attributes of a folder I always get an error dialogue.  The perms 
> appear to change, but later I find that they have been re-set.  This makes 
> sharing folders difficult if I want to enforce owner/group attributes.
>
> Is this being caused by SELinux or something else?
>
> Anne
>   
No, SELinux does not touch DAC permissions.