Hi I specifically *don't* want to use selinux and in particular I don't want to depend on libselinux.so.1 that I can't remove. [root@pan pan]# rpm -e libselinux error: Failed dependencies: libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) device-mapper-1.00.14-3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) psmisc-21.4-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) shadow-utils-4.0.3-21 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) vim-minimal-6.2.457-1 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) findutils-4.1.7-25 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) coreutils-5.2.1-7 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) lvm2-2.00.15-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) rpm-4.3.1-0.3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) pam-0.77-40 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) policycoreutils-1.11-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) SysVinit-2.85-25 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) util-linux-2.12-18 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) prelink-0.3.2-1 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) passwd-0.68-8.1 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) usermode-1.70-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) logrotate-3.7-4.1 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) star-1.5a25-5 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) at-3.1.8-53 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) sudo-1.6.7p5-26 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) vixie-cron-3.0.1-87 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) net-snmp-5.1.1-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) fam-2.6.10-9 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) usermode-gtk-1.70-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) vim-enhanced-6.2.457-1 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) gdm-2.6.0.0-3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdelibs-3.2.2-4 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdebase-3.2.2-4 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdepim-3.2.2-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdemultimedia-3.2.2-2 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) rpm-build-4.3.1-0.3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) rpm-devel-4.3.1-0.3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdeutils-3.2.2-3 libselinux.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdesdk-3.2.2-2 libselinux >= 1.11.3-1 is needed by (installed) SysVinit-2.85-25 libselinux is needed by (installed) vixie-cron-3.0.1-87 Would I need to compile all the programs that depend on libselinux against another library before removing? It does seem to me to be against the fundamental tenents of security to fork these programs. TIA Best wishes John John Logsdon "Try to make things as simple Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK as possible but not simpler" j.logsdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a.einstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675 www.quantex-research.com