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?

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I don’t hate it, I know that it adds a lot of security to a system, it’s just that it’s not user friendly and it can sometimes leave you scratching your head wondering what the hell happened.

    • marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      13 hours ago

      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