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, not from computers). > No you should not disable it. It is there to protect your system, and if you > are not a technical person, leave it as it is and don't mess with it. > > Also, if you are using your computer just for ordinary desktop stuff, you > should never see any alerts. > > You might provoke alerts if you are setting up servers or custom 3rd party > software or messing around the filesystem with root privileges. However, in all > those circumstances you are expected to be a non-beginner, to know what you > are doing, and to be able to resolve any SELinux alerts as they come (or ask > someone for help). Otherwise SELinux should Just Work (tm), and you should not > see any issues with it. > > HTH, :-) > Marko > I do wonder though - lots of distros don't use SELinux. Do they (say, Debian) use something else instead? Meaning: can I assume that if I disable SELinux and install I don't gufw or somethign equally simple that Fedora will be less secure than before but still just as safe as the next distro? greetings, peter -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
