[lug] rpm verify

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Sat Mar 11 12:59:08 MST 2006


On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 10:10 -0700, David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Hugh Brown wrote:
> [...]
> > I had gone looking around the net, but my google-fu seems to be lacking.
> > I have selinux set to warn right now.  One of these days, I'll sit down
> > and try and get my head around selinux and enable it outright.
> 
> Why?
> 
> I'm disappointed the selinux is being added to Linux distros.  It would 
> be nice if it was a package you could install separately.
> 
> I have very little interest in selinux because a) it doesn't seem to 
> provide any value, and b) it isn't clear that it is the UNIX Way to 
> provide the features it has.
> 
> Dave


I think it's mostly because as a sysadmin, I'll get called to fix some
problematic implementation and it would be better to have a clue than
not.

It also seems to be the route that the corporate linux deployments are
going so it would be a useful skill to have ready.

Hugh




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