Chapter 2
- Administrators should first analyze the situation to see why a problem is being triggered. Perhaps the problem is due to an incorrectly assigned context, or the process has not been started using the correct methods.
If the denial itself were to be allowed, administrators should create an update to the SELinux policy (just like they would update firewall rules as required).
If this is not feasible, then administrators should consider putting SELinux in permissive mode, but only for that particular application that is causing problems.
If that is also not feasible, then administrators should put the system in permissive mode, but making sure that this is accepted by the organization and security principles of the environment.
Only if even this is not feasible or solves the problem should an administrator shake their head, curse the higher powers, and disable SELinux.
- If the system has the audit daemon running, then SELinux logging will be part of the audit logs. They...
