CentOS - Jan 2006 - Cannot disable SELinux

I'm getting a SELinux warning when trying to start a perl daemon 
(bigsister) that I installed on a fresh CentOS 4.2 system and the start 
fails (there is nothing else logged, I cannot be sure that this is the 
fail reason but I assume it). However, SELinux is set to permissive mode, 
isn't permissive mode meant to only issue warnings and not block anything?
So, as a first workaround I tried disabling SELinux, but this doesn't work 
either, I still get the warning which should not happen at all if 
disabled.

cat /selinux/enforce shows "0" (= not enforced)
I disabled by setting SELINUX=disabled in /etc/sysconfig/selinux (whichs 
symlinks to /etc/selinux).
Yes, I rebooted with each try.

The unofficial SELinux FAQ at http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html
says to add a kernel parameter to grub.conf for completely disabling it. 
However, that's not what I want. I want to disable it by "normal"
means
(or preferrably set it to *real* permissive mode).
What am I doing wrong?



Kai

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Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany

hi kai,

while in permissive mode, selinux just reports policy violations of the
avc .. but doesn't block the action.

the symlink in /etc/sysconfig should point to /etc/selinux/config and
not to /etc/syslinux ..

if selinux is disabled, /selinux/enforce does not exist
what does the output of `getenforce` tell you ?? 

btw: are you sure that selinux is the problem ??

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"In god we trust, the Rest we Monitor"
Sebastian Schubert - RHCE
Stadtsparkasse Munich
Network and IT Security
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