>>> Therese, the setroubleshoot package mentioned here was installed by >>> default on my system. If you go to that after you have had a failure it >>> generally tells you what it saw as a threat, and what to do about it if >>> it should be allowed. Usually it's just a matter of copy and paste a line >>> of command. >> >> Thanks Anne, >> >> Will setting to permissive prevent real time threats, or just tell me what >> happened after the fact of a failure? >> > I'm no expert on this, Therese, but I doubt the advice you've been given that > setting to permissive is the same as having it disabled. Why? Because I had > quite a number of problems with it set to permissive, mainly ones that > stopped samba working. Once I had sorted out the necessary commands samba > has behaved without problems. If it was as ineffective as setting it to > disabled I would not have had to do this. I'd say set it to permissive, use > setroubleshooter, and if you still can't sort it, either post here what > setroubleshooter says about it or google for parts of the message. Thanks Anne, Just a note that I re enabled SELinux, and even though I was not able to get a connection to a MySQL database in OpenOffice 2.3 earlier with SELinux set to enforcing, now I am able to connect with SELinux set to enforcing. This may have been due to a separate issue related to the JRE problem I had, which has been resolved. What I don't understand now, is that when I run a /usr/sbin/sestatus, I get the below output: SELinux status: enabled SELinuxfs mount: /selinux Current mode: permissive Mode from config file: enforcing Policy version: 21 Policy from config file: targeted And when I run: selinuxenabled && echo $? I get zero for output...: 0 ...which I assume means that selinux is enabled - set to enforcing. How is it possible that Selinux is set to Enforcing and is ALSO showing a current mode of Permissive? Can anyone give me some insights on this? _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join