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#1 2025-04-19 16:29:51
- oech3
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[Solved]Why is chcon in coreutils even support SELinux is unsupported
It seems runcon and chcon of coreutils is commands for SELinux.
But it seems Arch does not support it.
Moreover, coreutils-selinux exists in AUR.
What kind of compatibility is being broken if they are removed from coreutils?
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#2 2025-04-19 18:18:34
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Re: [Solved]Why is chcon in coreutils even support SELinux is unsupported
They’re built by default and Arch follows upstream unless there is a strong reason to do otherwise.
Paperclips in avatars?
NIST on password policies (PDF) — see §3.1.1.2
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#3 2025-04-19 19:02:49
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Re: [Solved]Why is chcon in coreutils even support SELinux is unsupported
Thankyou. So are they unneeded technically?
Or no. I can't add [Solved] to titie since it is too long.
[Edit] shrinked title.
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#4 2025-04-19 21:14:15
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Re: [Solved]Why is chcon in coreutils even support SELinux is unsupported
I’m not sure.
I believe they don’t work on systems without SELinux. But I suppose other programs may still wish to invoke them and get an error, instead of not finding the binary.
Paperclips in avatars?
NIST on password policies (PDF) — see §3.1.1.2
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