SELinux last straw

[Les Mikesell]

Jacques B. wrote:
>> SELinux may
>> APPEAR to be the root cause of all your problems.  But it may only be
>> part of a chain reaction rooted somewhere else on your system.
>> SELinux may not be the cause, but perhaps the messenger, the visual
>> cue, the "chain" that you've now developed tunnel vision for and blame
>> for everything.
>>

> Turn off SELinux and you may actually be simply medicating the
> symptoms, not treating the root cause.

Yes, but there doesn't seem to be an exact science here, with weekly 
updates being needed that break some things for some people...

I think there is a good argument for understanding and using the simple 
traditional unix security mechanisms that have served well for the last 
30 years until SELinux is stabilized to a point that it doesn't cause 
surprises - especially if you run things that aren't included in the 
distribution.

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   Les Mikesell
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