Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-28 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Claude Jones writes: > On 01/28/2011 09:11 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >> A Google search for "SELinux for Mere Mortals" ought to give you a >> couple places from which you can download it. > > I tried but gave up after a few pages. Hits were divided between > newsgroup mirrors of the Fedora list with

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-28 Thread Claude Jones
On 01/28/2011 09:11 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > A Google search for "SELinux for Mere Mortals" ought to give you a > couple places from which you can download it. I tried but gave up after a few pages. Hits were divided between newsgroup mirrors of the Fedora list with this discussion, and links to t

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-28 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Claude Jones wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, Thomas Cameron wrote: > >> See the SELinux for Mere Mortals presentation Dan Walsh and I > >> did at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/videos/ > > appears to be for Redhat customers only and requires a login >

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-28 Thread Claude Jones
On Saturday, January 22, 2011, Thomas Cameron wrote: > See the SELinux for Mere Mortals presentation Dan Walsh and I > did at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/videos/ appears to be for Redhat customers only and requires a login -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA -- users mailing list users@

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-24 Thread Parshwa Murdia
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > Please note that the OP gave no evidence or reasons to back up his > assertion that SELinux's design is faulty. See back you said it faulty! >Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence Correct phrase. > and, until it's offered, this is

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/23/2011 08:44 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:29 AM, JB wrote: > >> SELinux is a dangerous software, by its faulty design, and thus more so >> in the context of security, which is supposed to provide. > > It is faulty or not I don't know, but at least, I can say that i

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-23 Thread Parshwa Murdia
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:29 AM, JB wrote: > SELinux is a dangerous software, by its faulty design, and thus more so > in the context of security, which is supposed to provide. It is faulty or not I don't know, but at least, I can say that it should dangerous software. Why don't there is an opt

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-23 Thread JB
Parshwa Murdia gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to > understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). SELinux is a dangerous software, by its

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread suvayu ali
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 01:16 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> In general, it seems that SELinux is slowly getting adopted by many, >> if not all distros. And yes, I would say that distros which don't have >> SELinux in enforcing mode by default are inde

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 01:16 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > In general, it seems that SELinux is slowly getting adopted by many, > if not all distros. And yes, I would say that distros which don't have > SELinux in enforcing mode by default are indeed less secure than > Fedora. So to answer your qu

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread peter_someone
Am 2011-01-23 02:16, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > On Saturday 22 January 2011 22:53:26 peter_someone wrote: >> Am 2011-01-22 22:20, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: >>> On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more o

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 22 January 2011 22:53:26 peter_someone wrote: > Am 2011-01-22 22:20, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > > On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: > >> After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > >> of the time it gives alerts and it is highly techn

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread peter_someone
Am 2011-01-23 00:12, schrieb Temlakos: > On 01/22/2011 05:53 PM, peter_someone wrote: >> Am 2011-01-22 22:20, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: >>> On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more of the time it gives

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/22/2011 09:03 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > Hi, > > After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to > understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Temlakos
On 01/22/2011 05:53 PM, peter_someone wrote: > Am 2011-01-22 22:20, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: >> On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: >>> After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more >>> of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature t

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread peter_someone
Am 2011-01-22 22:20, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: >> After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more >> of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to >> understand the SeLinux (for a normal person,

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 22 January 2011 15:03:46 Parshwa Murdia wrote: > After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to > understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). No you should not disable it.

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 22Jan2011 16:03, Parshwa Murdia wrote: | After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more | of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to | understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). The boot time defaults are in the file /etc/s

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Elliott Chapin
On 01/22/2011 10:03 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > Hi, > > After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to > understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). Try permissive mode. Fixes for ale

Re: SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 01/22/2011 11:03 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more > of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to > understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). Hi, No, you shouldn't disable it. It's r

SeLinux, should I disable it?

2011-01-22 Thread Parshwa Murdia
Hi, After I install F14 (KDE), how should I disable SeLinux? Because more of the time it gives alerts and it is highly technical in nature to understand the SeLinux (for a normal person, not from computers). -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia Making the simple complicated is commonplace, making the comp