Beta on Beta: VMware Workstation 7 RC on F12B?

[Michael Cronenworth]

On 10/25/2009 03:59 PM, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> First, thanks to James for helping me solve the problem. Switching to
> permissive mode allowed Workstation to install and run without any
> further problems.
>
> Next, the *concept* is actually this:
> We're running B-E-T-A software here. That means we must do things to
> find out how ALL software works on it, regardless of its license. This
> isn't a misbehaving 3rd party closed source application. It's a 3rd
> party application which is making a request that the selinux targeted
> policy doesn't know anything about. We switch to permissive mode to flag
> the issue in selinux and then report it. The selinux people then are
> able to troubleshoot and resolve the problem by updating the targeted
> policy accordingly.
>
> So - to the the selinux folks: The issue appears to be that VMware
> Workstation 7 RC is requesting access to portrelease, which makes sense
> when you think of how it needs to set up virtual networks. Looks like it
> may also be happening in F11. The fix is to create a policy for this to
> be allowed for this application.
>
> I will try to collect the bug and file a BZ for it next opportunity.
>    

1) Switch to VirtualBox or KVM/QEMU. You'll notice a better experience 
immediately.

2) Filing a bug against SELinux for a VMWare bug will be closed. Fedora 
doesn't care about closed source binary software.