applying SELinux policy for httpd

Ivan Gyurdiev ivg2 at cornell.edu
Thu Nov 3 13:55:10 UTC 2005


Joe Orton wrote:
> I'd also like to mention again that the new FC4 policy of only applying 
> SELinux policy if httpd is started from the init script is confusing the 
> hell out of people.  It breaks the principle of least astonishment.  I'd 
> much rather live with the fact that SELinux policy is *always* applied, 
> and the fallout from that, than see this confusion of people hitting 
> SELinux policy issues, get confused, restart httpd, see them disappear, 
> etc.
>
> I'd really like to see this change reverted for FC5.
>   

Check the state of the "direct_sysadm_daemon" tunable...
I think it should be set to 1 in your case. I am not quite sure of the 
justification for a tunable.




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