From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j8MGPJNs021081 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:25:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp103.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j8MGKms8003808 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:20:48 GMT Message-ID: <4332D995.1060200@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:19:33 -0500 From: Lee Lowder MIME-Version: 1.0 To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Getting started with SELinux and Slackware References: <43325C75.3060405@sbcglobal.net> <200509221935.06357.russell@coker.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200509221935.06357.russell@coker.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Russell Coker wrote: > > If Slackware doesn't include PAM then it will be quite a lot of work to add > PAM support to all necessary applications. > Last time I tried messing with SELinux on Slack, I was told that it would be easier to install PAM than to modify SELinux stuff to not use it. > It would probably be easier to modify the policy to remove *_chkpwd_t and > grant every daemon that needs to verify a password read access to > shadow_t:file. That does not seem too difficult or complicated, so I will give that a go. > > Why do you want to work on Slackware? It seems to be a regular occurrance > that someone starts work on Slackware SE Linux support, their work doesn't > get merged into the Slackware distribution, and then it gets discarded. Slackware is the distro I use, and have used for years. I know it and amcomfortable with it. the thought of asking Pat V to merge it never crossed my mind, actually. I'm doing this because it was something I wanted to play with and as a learning experience. > > While Debian SE Linux support isn't in the greatest shape at the moment the > changes are getting merged into the main packages so any work you do won't > get wasted. > > Of course you could just use Fedora and have it all work. > Would the "it just works" thing apply to CentOS as well? Or does RHEL not have the same level of SELinux support as Fedora? -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.