[CentOS] selinux stuff - I just don't get
Tom
admin at homemachine.net
Mon Nov 14 11:09:22 UTC 2005
Tony wrote:
> On 11/14/05, *Peter Farrow* <peter at farrows.org
> <mailto:peter at farrows.org>> wrote:
>
> /etc/selinux/config
>
> Change this line:
>
> SELINUX=enforcing
>
> to this:
>
> SELINUX=disabled
>
>
> It always amazes me how quick people are to suggest that you just switch
> selinux off, without balancing the suggestion with an explanation of
> what they are losing by doing this. Would you switch a firewall off
> because it keeps filling your log files up with packet info? An English
> expression involving babies and bathwater springs to mind ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
please explain then...
selinux seems to cause more problems than it's worth so I'm keen to know
why we shouldn't disable it.
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