Patrick Dupre <pd520 <at> york.ac.uk> writes: > > Hello, > > Trying to install the intel compiler, I get: > Your system is protected with Security-enhanced Linux (SELinux). > We currently support only "Permissive" mode, which is > not found on the system. > To rectify this issue, you may either disable SELinux by > - setting the line "SELINUX=disabled" in your > /etc/sysconfig/selinux file > - adding "selinux=0" kernel argument in lilo.conf or grub.conf > files > or make SELinux mode adjustment by > - setting the line "SELINUX=permissive" in your > /etc/sysconfig/selinux file > or ask your system administrator to make SELinux mode adjustment. > > Would ou just turn off SELINX ? > I know I need to learn about SELinux ! > > Thank. > Enforcing mode = Security policy decisions are enforced, policy violations are logged. Permissive mode = Security policy decisions are not enforced, policy violations are logged. Disabled = Security policy decisions are not computed. So, permissive mode is only useful for policy development. If you do not, you may as well disable selinux. JB -- 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