/etc/default in Fedora

[Dave Quigley]

On 3/6/2012 11:27 AM, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>
>>> Why /etc/default dir is used instead of /etc/sysconfig? To be
>>> honest - it's not really user friendly from long time RH Linux user
>>> POV.
>>>
>> Just disable SELinux in /etc/selinux/config.
>
> Or the more obvious place for people with /etc/sysconfig hardcoded in
> their brain, /etc/sysconfig/selinux :)
>
> Though to be honest, F17 is the first version where I have been working
> with selinux enabled for more then two days. In fact, I have left it
> enabled since I installed F17 weeks ago.
>
> I think the only somewhat "valid" reason to disabled selinux is if people
> are using special directories they made up, eg /vol or /opt or anything.
> (or when copying/dealing with /var/lib/libvirtd/images content in other
> locations :)
>
> Paul

Alternatively you could look at Dan Walsh's 4 things SELinux is trying 
to tell you talk and in about 30 minutes figure out how to make those 
special directories work and not disable the security on your system.

Dave