Re: Request to re-add option to disable SELinux

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 04:37:48PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> I wasted about 6 hours on Sunday evening[0] figuring out why an SELinux
> policy update in F9 had randomly stopped VPNC from working in a policy
> update - that came following days of denials trying to do even simple
> stuff. I can't possibly see how thrusting this default upon masses of
> otherwise unsuspecting users is a good idea. I'm not saying SELinux
> isn't a fantastic idea in certain cases, just not on "the desktop".

The desktop is where it is most needed.

But here is a silly question - why are you using vpnc if you turn SELinux off,
telnet would be faster too ?

Alan