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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Why do we hate SELinux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is not a troll post. I'm genuinely confused as to why SELinux gets so much of hate. I have to say, I feel that it's a fairly robust system. The times when I had issues with it, I created a custom policy in the relevant directory and things were fixed. Maybe a couple of modules here and there at the most. It took me about 15 minutes max to figure out what permissions were being blocked and copy the commands from. Red Hat's guide.

So yeah, why do we hate SELinux?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

To be honest I had the exact same situation with AppArmor, and since then I have grown to like MAC. I know they're doing it to keep me safe so I don't complain. Honestly if people find MAC to be a hassle they should also in theory find file permissions and ACLs a hassle

[–] timbuck2themoon 0 points 5 hours ago

Oh the people who dislike MAC probably do dislike file permissions too, ha. chmod -R 777 somedir and such.