On 12/8/2010 8:21 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 06:29:44 pm Les Mikesell wrote:
And if you can't get the simple version right, how can you hope to do it right with something wildly more complicated?
Alright, pray tell how I, a desktop Linux user,...
Let's not drag the desktop user into this discussion, too.
Long experience has shown that when Joe User tries to do Thing X and is prevented, then a popup appears that in effect says "run this command to make this popup go away and allow Thing X to happen", THEY WILL RUN THE COMMAND. It's so reliable an effect that you could make a killing if any bookie were stupid enough to let you bet on it.
I have a one-word reply pre-prepared for anyone who disagrees: botnet.
Please, let's keep this thread centered on professionally-managed servers, the focus of CentOS, and thus hopefully this list. There is at least hope in that world that something like SELinux could actually be applied successfully.