SELinux: What's the Ubuntu trick?

[Albert]

Michael T. Richter wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-31-05 at 09:02 -0500, Albert wrote:
> 
>>> The docs... aren't transparent.  (And they assume a standard root setup 
>>> to boot.)  The only Wiki mention of SELinux mentions a project to bring 
>>> SELinux into Ubuntu.  Is there a set of 5C (Clear, Concise, Courteous, 
>>> Correct, Complete) documents explaining how to use SELinux under 
>>> Ubuntu?  Or am I going to have to switch to CentOS for this project?
>>
> 
>>Oh no!  A threat to kill Ubuntu's profits!  Please, someone help this 
>>man and save us all from endless regret.
> 
> You'd better check your blood pressure medication.
> 
> It wasn't a threat.  It was a question.  I know that CentOS has SELinux 
> enabled out of the box, but I'd really prefer not to use it because it's 
> just not my cup of tea.  (It's one of the many distros I tried before 
> hitting Ubuntu and finding for the first time a Linux that stayed on my 
> hard disk.)
> 
> Perhaps had I worded this "Or am I going to be forced to switch over to 
> that excremental CentOSfor this project?" you'd not have been such an ass?
> 
Perhaps.  Actually, Michael, your remark, that you claim is not a 
threat, sounds just like the threats of many whiney newcomers to open 
source and free software.  Such users seem to believe that they have the 
same rights of compaint as someone who paid a lot of money.  It's a pet 
peeve of mine.  Perhaps I should have said simply, "Yes, switch to 
whatever you feel more comfortable with;"  An honest reply to your 
"honest" question.  Would I have been an ass in that case also?

I really hope you get your problem solved.