SELinux -- another view ?

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Fri Oct 19 12:42:45 UTC 2007


William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I have been following the various threads regarding SELinux over the
> last week or so.
> 
> I believe the problems is in RTFM.  There is no FM manual to read.
> 
> Several months ago, I kept getting SELinux warnings, went to the
> "Troubleshooter" and ended up spending a couple of hours knee deep in
> help files, glossaries, wikipedia articles etc.  I decided that the
> SELinux learning curve was too high for me at that time, so I turned
> SELinux on to permissive mode and left it there.
> 
> Since SELinux is a major alteration to the kernel, there should be
> equally as extensive and informative documentation and explanations -
> starting with the simplistic up to the detailed.  Appropriate assistive
> guis would be welcome.
> 
> Meanwhile, until the day comes that I have the time for intensive study,
> I will leave SELinux in permissive mode.

There's quite a good book on the subject:

http://www.selinuxbyexample.com/

Rich.

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