On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 19:17 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > Does anyone have any comments on this? I am asking this question, because > wherenever I update SELinux or set permissions, it says something about > permissions and exitence of /usr/local/trotter, not updating context or > something like that. > > Is this something I should worry about: does it make SELinux useless for me? > > Many thanks amd best wishes, Not sure exactly what it's complaining about, but try this: # chcon -Rh -t user_home_t /usr/local/trotter # chcon -t user_home_dir_t /usr/local/trotter That should make the file contexts of your home directory the same as they would be if it was under /home. These contexts probably won't survive a relabel, if you were to do one. The way to fix that would depend on which Fedora release you were using. Paul.