Easy way to remove SELinux permissions?

Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Thu Sep 10 14:58:57 UTC 2009


On 09/10/2009 01:58 AM, Sean Carlos wrote:
> 
> At one point I performed a new Fedora install and restored my personal
> files before disabling SELinux which I don't need.
> 
> As a result many files have permissions which include a dot at the end,
> e.g.:
> 
> -rw-rw-r--.
> 
> This causes havoc with many applications, i.e. gedit complains it cannot
> make a back-up file.
Open a bugzilla on this.  Having an extended attribute should not cause gedit to work to fail.
> 
> Q: How can I EASILY remove all SELinux attributes, e.g. perhaps with a
> single command?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Sean Carlos




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