F14: can't get java running

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 12/06/2010 04:15 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Mauriat Miranda <mlists at mjmwired.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Tony Camuso <tcamuso at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Did you get an SELinux alert or warning ?
>>>
>>> No SELinux warnings.
>>>
>>>> (Do you have SELinux enabled?)
>>>
>>> Yes, SELinux is enabled.
>>>
>>> Should I try setting it to Permissive or Disabling it?
>>
>> SELinux may or may not be the problem.
>> Quit Firefox, run the following and relaunch Firefox:
>>
>> # chcon -t execmem_exec_t /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I needed this when installing Sun Java, however I did
>> see the alerts for this.  I don't know if is still needed or if the
>> selinux-policy has been changed to accommodate this.
> 
> The way I see it, SELinux is very good at protecting computers from
> being used by its owners. The killer feature for SELinux is to disable
> it... it seems...
> 
> FC
Thank you for your helpful comment.
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