The computer that I was having the problem on does not have iptables running either. So, maybe part of the problem with selinux is that it needs iptables running for it not to interfer with scripts and the like. All I know is that when I disabled selinux, all started working again. Steve Dawes Phone: (403) 268-5527 Email: SDawes at calgary.ca NOTICE - This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: 2005 April 28 9:16 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Bash Problem > > Fascinating, Steve. I've meant to have iptables off, but they weren't. > That should not make a difference, but it does seem to. In > any case, all is well know, and the syntax is sitting in a > cron.hourly job with its real task in place. > > Dawes, Stephen writes: > > Janina, > > > > I ran into something like this awhile back. > > I did some research into my problem, and all I could > attribute it to > > is selinux. > > Everything that I read as a result of a google search on my error > > pointed to selinux. > > As soon as I turned selinux off all start working again. > > I discovered that my problem was not just only in a script > that I was > > writing at the time, but that it was also causing problems > in scripts > > that were working all along. > > They all started working as they should as soon as I > disabled selinux. > > > > Now, to the how do you disable selinux. > > There is a selinux config file in /etc/selinux. > > Edit /etc/selinux/config and change the appropriate settings. > > > > To help, here is what my /etc/selinux/config file looks like: > > # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. > > # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: > > # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. > > # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. > > # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. > > # SELINUX=enforcing > > SELINUX=disabled > > # SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values: > > # targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected. > > # strict - Full SELinux protection. > > SELINUXTYPE=targeted > > > > Hope this solves your problem. > > > > > > Steve Dawes > > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > > Email: SDawes at calgary.ca > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE - > > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the > person or entity named above and may contain information that > is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the > intended recipient named above or a person responsible for > delivering messages or communications to the intended > recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, > distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the > information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this > communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. > The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC > http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards > Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a > different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
