[chef] Re: SELinux - not supported?

[Matthew Kent < >]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Burkholder, Peter 
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 wrote:
> Oh, but wait, it seems there's no such support in Chef.  Is that so?  All I 
> can find are various open tickets such as:
> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-759
> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-347
> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1890
>
> The current cookbook says only this, "users are recommended to set SELinux 
> to permissive mode, or disabled completely."
>
> I'm surprised and disappointed that this is the case.  Is there really no 
> one using SeLinux under Chef?  Or is there a secret I'm not yet in on?

I'm not aware of anyone using SELinux with Chef or asking for it
really. I'd attribute this to the smaller install base of rhel (and
clones) versus the larger debian/ubuntu contingent using Chef.

Might be worth filing a ticket so people can +1 it at least - maybe
someone will take up the challenge :)
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