On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 17:58, Rami Saarinen wrote: > Oh, just as I had posted this message I found the "Fedora Core 2 test2 > SELinux FAQ" at http://mindstorm.ath.cx:8080/fedora-docs/selinux-faq-en/ > > That clears out many questions, but does anyone have any good reasons why > I should have SELinux turned on? The machine is connected to the internet > just few hours a day and I have all the services off on the > system-config-securitylevel. > > I suppose SELinux provides the ACL mechanism, but I'm not sure I need it > .. afterall it may be a bit overkill for two-user computer. ;) > If you need to disable SELinux , simply edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux and change SELINUX=enforcing (or permissive) to SELINUX=disabled . On older kernel versions , you had to add a option during boot , but it has been disabled. Also , ACL is not related to SELinux. You can disable SELinux without any fear of problems... -- Pedro Macedo
