On Jan 17, 2008 1:40 AM, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Warren Togami wrote: > > Valent Turkovic wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I believe that SELinux is a great linux server security hardening tool > >> but that has little use in desktop linux usage and it confuses > >> ordinary desktop users. > >> If it hasn't been discussed before I would like to propose that on > >> desktop cd spin SELinux is not installed by default, of course after > >> discussion and approval from you (fedora devels). > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Valent > >> > > > > Also keep in mind that if SELinux break something on the desktop, THAT > > is a bug. Starting before F8 I personally began to use SELinux enabled > > Well I repoted how SELinux "broke" a mayor Fedora 8 feature. Fluendo > codecs don't work even if you buy them. Sure it is SELinux job to > disable if software has bugs, but fluendo can't fix it because it is > intel compiler bug that they can fix... and so on and on... > This is just one example. I disabled SELiux for that bug and now I can > play my multimedia. Did my machine blow up? Dig I get OWNED? Am I now > asking hacked to come and get me? Are my files being read and deleted > randomly by somebody? Did my memory overflow? No, no, no, no. > People just want thing to JustWork and SELinux has the stoping power of > magnum .44. Sure it is a powefull tool but you are puting it in > inexperienced hands and doing more damage to fedora desktop that it > gives benefit to users. Maybe you should have considered your real request when you wrote the original email, since in the title you say 'remove' now you're saying disable. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
