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

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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] 1 points 3 months ago

SELinux is complex

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Because in even 'permissive' mode, it blocks some fairly routine things.

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