On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 14:11 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 05:44 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > > This whole thing reads to me that SELinux is the linux version of > > Norton or Avguard to Windows. It will capture and keep the offending > > file from doing it's worst. > > > > My friends with Windows cuss both software because it makes a mess > > out of doing normal things like installing new software. > > Unless there's a serious fault, SELinux doesn't prevent you from > installing software, nor prevent things from working properly. Why do you think this thread exists? Because SELinux on Fedora does prevent things from working properly! Why do you think the SELinux-policy packages in Fedora get updated such kind of frequently? A nice amount of these simply are fixes to broken rules. Ralf
