[LAD] [OT] F7 security

[Ross Vandegrift]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 07:39:24PM +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> I'm struggling to get 5 computers running F7 configured.
> In the Gnome destop there's the app that lets you configure
> the firewall and selinux. It asks for the root password
> so I assume that when that's given I can do what I like.
> But everything I modify  there (adding allowed ports for
> some networked audio apps) is silently ignored. Same if
> I try to disable the firewall.

You might be hitting SELinux's Mandatory Access Control.  If you
haven't already disabled it, you almost certainly want to.

Ross

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