Star Ubuntu Gets SELinux
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Mar 2008 22:58 UTC, submitted by diegocg
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu It's official: SELinux is now available in the Ubuntu development ('Hardy Heron') distribution. "This is the result of the amazing work of the ubuntu-security and ubuntu-hardened teams, as well as the huge contributions from the folks at Tresys (SELinux will not be the default, but is available as a security option)." In other news, Sun has started offering Ubuntu as an option.
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Flatland_Spider
Member since:
2006-09-01

I've heard that trick before.

Doesn't that switch have to be compiled into the kernel to work?

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sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

Yes. I'd forgotten about that. If the current kernel has not been compiled to honor that parameter, the user has to recompile the kernel to avoid the SELinux tax. I don't believe that Redhat and Fedora go quite *that* far out of their way to make it hard to turn off. Typically, they won't actively fight users. But don't expect them to lift a finger to help users do anything of which they do not approve.

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Flatland_Spider Member since:
2006-09-01

Hmm... The Fedora Core 3 selinux FAQ mentions the boot switch, but I can't find anything about Fedora 8.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc3/index.html#id2825880

I'll have to try this.

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Flatland_Spider Member since:
2006-09-01

Nevermind I found it indirectly.

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#reiserjfs

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