[ILUG] FC3 update gone bad

Niall O Broin niall at linux.ie
Mon Jun 27 12:46:12 IST 2005


On 27 Jun 2005, at 12:37, Dermot Daly wrote:

> Selinux gives your system more security, so it is advised not to
> switch it off.  I'm mainly suggesting it in order to see if this is
> your problem.

selinux takes security to insane levels though. All very well if you 
require that, but it breaks lots of things that expect to be living in 
the normal Unix permissions world. For most Linux use IMO you're better 
off without it.



Niall




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