In short, selinux=0 turns off selinux. enforcing=0 disables it. Meaning if these are your current parameters you are not using it. jackson byers <byersjab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Daniel J Walsh wrote > >> You can boot with selinux=0 or enforcing=0. enforcing=0 means that >> SELinux will block nothing, but maintain the labeling. > >1) selinux=0 worked; booted up into my backup f12, looks good. > >2) next tried rebooting with enforcing=0 > This was more difficult; the boot process got into relabeling > wtth a warning it would take long time. > I walked away from the screen maybe 20minutes into the relabeling > and when I got back (maybe at 30min time), > it had rebooted on its own, but into my main f12. > Rebooted yet again into the "enforcing=0" stanza of my backup f12, > and it came up this time into my backup f12, > with no further relabeling message, > so all looks ok here too. > >This was a good learning exerience. >But I must say I am still mostly ignorant of what SELinux is doing, >why I needed either selinux=0, enforcing=0, in the first place, and >in particular the "what/why/how" of this relabeling business. >I have spent some time, not a lot, on googling SELinux, relabeling, >and I am getting lost in the detail. > >thanks for showing me the ropes re selinux=0, enforcing=0 > >Jack >-- >users mailing list >users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
