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| author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2009-11-03 23:11:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org> | 2009-11-05 10:27:09 +0100 |
| commit | f2b43d21cfb2696df8047604e447b5c9826ff9fd (patch) | |
| tree | 99cd6a28f4dfca61fa0ae7d16aa09dd5105e8a45 /docs | |
| parent | aa6bc115054acc2507119086ebfc7995873c67ca (diff) | |
User Manual: Warn readers about mmap and SELinux issue.
On some Linux distros, if you set the kernel /proc file
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr to zero, you will probably get an SELinux
violation if you're running SELinux in enforcing mode. Explain to the
reader how to get around that.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml b/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml index 8d9c5b7a0a..4ec5fecb1f 100644 --- a/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml +++ b/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml @@ -257,7 +257,13 @@ MACHINE = "om-gta01"</screen> If your system does not provide the <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> mechanism, you can try adding the above <command>echo</command> command line to - your <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>. + your <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>. But that's not all. + + On some systems (such as Fedora 11), changing that kernel setting + will cause an SELinux violation if you're running SELinux in enforcing + mode. If that's the case, you can either disable SELinux or run: + + <screen>$ setsebool -P allow_unconfirmed_mmap_low 1</screen> </para> </note> |