On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:46:56 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled:
> I tried re enabling SELinux and OO won't start, so I assume that > I must have SE Linux disabled in order for OpenOffice to run - is > this correct? > > if correct, is there a way I can still keep my system secure and > run OpenOffice 2.3? You do not have to keep selinux disabled. You can re-enable it; however, you may get a couple selinux failures. This is what happens on my system when running in Enforcing mode. 1. Selinux complains about a memory access by /opt/openoffice.org2.3/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so.1.1 2. Selinux complains about openoffice attempting to change the memory access protection on the heap. To solve number 1. on my system: sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /opt/openoffice.org2.3/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so.1.1 Please mind the line wrapping. To solve issue 2. on my system: sudo setsebool -P allow_execheap=1 I am not entirely sure that it is wise to perform the second step, as it affects all applications that run on the system. So it seems a bit of a sledgehammer. To view what selinux is complaining about you may want to install the setroubleshoot package from yum and view what it is complaining about exactly. It will also give you suggestions on how to fix the selinux complaints. HTH Alex White -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is a prison, death is a release _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
