[aklug] Re: selinux more trouble than it's worth?

It wouldn't be secure if it weren't incredibly troublesome. :) Not a fact.
- Shane

Lee wrote:
> Well, I've just spent the last two days setting up a centralized syslog server on bare
> metal.using centos5, mysql, php, phplogcon and apache2 All went well until I actually
> started trying to, like, do useful stuff.
>
> Nothing worked as expected.
>
> 9 out of 10 issues were selinux related.
>
> And there are still issues, but at least stuff is working now.
>
> So it seems to me at this point that selinux is way the hill more trouble than it's worth.
>
> But before I deactivate selinux in disgust and consign it to the 'interesting idea way
> more trouble than it's worth in real life' pile, I thought I'd see if others shared my
> thinking, or whether consensus is that selinux is seen as a useful and practical thing.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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