selinux policy remnant according to /bin/ls on CentOS 6.0 box
 

On 9/20/2011 1:48 PM, Jon Detert wrote:
> I installed CentOS 6.0 on 2 different x86_64 boxen. Both originally had selinux installed and enabled. I never touched selinux other than to remove as much of it as I could via rpm -e. As far as I can tell, here are the remaining packages that have something to do with it:
>
> # rpm -qa | grep -iE 'sel|pol'
> checkpolicy-2.0.22-1.el6.x86_64
> libselinux-2.0.94-2.el6.x86_64
> libsepol-2.0.41-3.el6.x86_64
> polkit-0.96-2.el6_0.1.x86_64
> #
>
> Both boxen have those packages.
>
> However:
>
> 1) box1 still has files in /selinux whereas box2's /selinux is empty;
> 2) ls -l on box1 shows a '.' at the end of file/directory, which means a SELinux security context applies, according to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_FAQ#Why_does_ls_show_a_dot_.28..29_or_a_ plus_.28.2B.29_at_the_end_on_the_file_modes_for_so me_files.3F
>
> Any idea why box1 still seems to have an selinux policy applied, and how to un-apply it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
Did you disable SELinux by changing 'SELINUX=disabled' in
/etc/sysconfig/selinux? Wouldn't that be easier than removing all the
RPMs? If I may ask, is there a reason to removing the packages?

Thanks,
James
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selinux policy remnant according to /bin/ls on CentOS 6.0 box
 

On 9/20/2011 2:14 PM, Jon Detert wrote:
>> Did you disable SELinux by changing 'SELINUX=disabled' in
>> /etc/sysconfig/selinux? Wouldn't that be easier than removing all
> I did not do so explicitly. But it is set to disabled as described above.
> I assume the rpm -e did that. So, there must be some other step missing.
>
> As to that being easier: perhaps, had I known that file/setting existed.
It has been my experience that after after disabling SELinux, all that
is then required is a reboot. Alternatively, running 'setenforce 0',
will disable it immediately.
>> the
>> RPMs? If I may ask, is there a reason to removing the packages?
> I do not plan to use them.
>
> Less is more, right?
I went back and reread your original question, and I realized you had
already answered that. Anyway, you are correct, less is more.

Regards,
James
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selinux policy remnant according to /bin/ls on CentOS 6.0 box
 

Jon,

Its worth noting in C6 that you really should avoid using RPM to
add/remove stuff and stick with yum. Yum now supports rolling back and
forward package changes, but this is broken if you do things with RPM.

Tris


On 20/09/2011 18:48, Jon Detert wrote:
> I installed CentOS 6.0 on 2 different x86_64 boxen. Both originally had selinux installed and enabled. I never touched selinux other than to remove as much of it as I could via rpm -e. As far as I can tell, here are the remaining packages that have something to do with it:
>
> # rpm -qa | grep -iE 'sel|pol'
> checkpolicy-2.0.22-1.el6.x86_64
> libselinux-2.0.94-2.el6.x86_64
> libsepol-2.0.41-3.el6.x86_64
> polkit-0.96-2.el6_0.1.x86_64
> #
>
> Both boxen have those packages.
>
> However:
>
> 1) box1 still has files in /selinux whereas box2's /selinux is empty;
> 2) ls -l on box1 shows a '.' at the end of file/directory, which means a SELinux security context applies, according to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_FAQ#Why_does_ls_show_a_dot_.28..29_or_a_ plus_.28.2B.29_at_the_end_on_the_file_modes_for_so me_files.3F
>
> Any idea why box1 still seems to have an selinux policy applied, and how to un-apply it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
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