Selinux

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Fri Dec 26 22:07:28 UTC 2008


Ray Parrish wrote:
> I get the following error message when starting System Monitor -
>
> ** (gnome-system-monitor:9044): WARNING **: SELinux was found but is
> not enabled.
>
> I've researched SELinux, and found that it is a Security enhancement
> for Linux. I used Synaptic Package manager, and it appears that only
> the lib files for this is installed, not the main package itself.
>
> Should I be concerned?

No. The package isn't installed by default. Like you write, it is a 
security enhancement. So if you want to use it you would have to install 
the package. Probably you will have to learn a lot about computer 
security before it is useful for you.


Nils




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