Do you use SELinux

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Fri Jun 8 12:14:50 UTC 2007


Andreas Bernauer wrote:
> a bc wrote on Thu, Jun 07 2007 at 22:13 (+0800):
>   
>> how many of you activate selinux in fedora here? i know it will be more
>> security for the computer.
>> is it useful on a desktop computer? why does fedora 7 activate it as
>> default?
>>     
>
> After I have wasted 2h tracking a "bug" that was only caused by
> overly-restrictive SELinux policies, I disabled SELinux on my desktop.
> On a server, there may be a reason to leave it on, but I don't see how
> it helps me on my desktop more than it restricts me.
>
> Andreas.
>
>   
    I as well left it on F7 on my laptop and it is a problem. So on this 
computer which is just a home desktop I opted not to turn on SELinux. It 
didn't want to do that but it worked.

Karl






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