[OCLUG-Tech] VM performance (was: Re: SELinux in RPM and targeted mode)

2015-04-22 Thread Alex Pilon
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 02:16:42PM -0400, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: > I find both the Telfer VM and my local VBox Centos machines to be > painfully slow compared to Linux Mint, which itself seems a bit slow > compared to CrunchBang or Lubuntu. Slow how? Exactly *what* metric are you comparing? W

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] SELinux in RPM and targeted mode

2015-04-22 Thread Prof J C Nash (U30A)
As far as I could determine, dokuwiki was not in the repository, though it does seem to have been in the past. "yum install dokuwiki" says it isn't available, though I certainly agree that install from package is the right way to go and have the SELinux settings adjusted that way. I also don't thi

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] SELinux in RPM and targeted mode

2015-04-22 Thread Allan Fields
Apparently should be in Centos RPM since last Dec. [1] But I sympathize with all those that like to do a tar.gz install and run configure and make themselves. Perhaps upstream hold maintainer should add install target - chcon If it's not already there, or check. With targeted enforce per daemon

[OCLUG-Tech] SELinux in RPM and targeted mode

2015-04-22 Thread Allan Fields
With discussion on the SE/Linux and restoring file context on site PHP files when in enforcing mode.. One thing I couldn't help thinking and tempted to comment on is: the admin should not have to do that by default, when you have a properly package RPM file. Did you try from the RPM? I was not p

[OCLUG-Tech] a *proper* definition of the git "index"?

2015-04-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
more a matter of pedantic terminology than anything, but what is the *proper* description of the git index? i ask since i was teaching a 1-day intro git course at a client site recently, and i explained the git index the way i normally do (based on my understanding), and a student took exception