Invalid context?

Wayne Steenburg w.steenburg at myactv.net
Wed May 5 20:47:04 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 23:16, Joshua Adam Ginsberg wrote:
> Hello --
> 
> I must admit I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to SELinux, but every
> time I try to install a package, I get about a hundred lines of
> "/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts:  invalid context foo on line
> number ###" with foo and ### different on each line. From reading the
> archives, I gather I can boot with selinux=0 to avert the problem, but I
> also gather that wouldn't be desirable. This is a brand, spankin' new
> installation of FC2T3, so I'm wondering if I've done something wrong or
> are doing something wrong. Thanks!
> 
> -jag
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Adam Ginsberg <joshg at brainstorminternet.net>
> Network Department, Brainstorm Internet
> 

The selinux=0 kernel option is not supported as of 2.6.5-1.349 . 
Setting SELINUX=disabled in /etc/sysconfig/selinux is the "new and
improved" way :)





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