selinux breaks fish/sftp in konqueror?

[Harald Hoyer]

try booting with "selinux=0 enforcing=0" ... this should completly 
disable selinux

Kepa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After I set grub boot for selinux=0, I found myself unable to use fish
> and sftp from within konqueror (but sftp would work from within a
> terminal).  Even connections to localhost would not work, no error
> messages given, just hung interminably.
> 
> After re-labelling the system and setting selinux=1 I can once again use
> fish/sftp.
> 
> Now, is there some way I can totally get rid of selinux? Just, gone, no
> trace, and I hope to never see it again, without re-installing
> everything?
> 
> I'm trying to use fc test2 as a desktop, not a server.  I realize it is
> unstable, but I would like to focus on unstable desktop issues, not
> server-side.  Also, it is hard to be sure if it selinux misbehaving or
> something else.
> 
> I must of missed the option not to include it in the install program,
> but I don't remember anything.
> 
> Not so sure why the inclusion of selinux, anyway.  If FC is supposed to
> be THE linux desktop, then what need is there for excessive security
> that will confuse newbies?  And as I understand it, since FC is now the
> beta-test platform for redhat, who would use it as a server OS, anyway? 
> I will stick to RH 9 or bsd for serving, but I want to see FC the best
> linux desktop out there.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kepa
> 
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