On Fri, 21 May 2004, Gary Ford wrote: >I'm trying to run Fedora Core 2 test 3 after a kickstart installation. >I had assumed that SELinux was disabled by default. The release notes agree with you. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/1.92/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html > When I install, I get messages like: > ><3> audit(...): avc: denied {XXX} ... >where "XXX" is "gettattr" or "use" or "write" or "search " or several >others. > >When I run rpm to install additional packages, I get thousands of error >messages like: > >/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context >system_u:object_r:samba_spool_t on line number 1537 > >In either case, is this evidence that SELinux is enabled and is doing >strange things? Prima facie, I'd say. Odd... >How do I guarantee that SELinux is not enabled when doing a kickstart >installation. selinux is active from boot-time onwards, so to disable it you'd need to use boot-time arguments. Hopefully section 1.2 of the FAQ contains sufficient detail: http://people.redhat.com/kwade/fedora-docs/selinux-faq-en/ Cheers, Phil
