SELinux Tutorials: Episode 2 - Understanding SELinux File Contexts

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One of the most common Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) problems relates to SELinux improperly denying a process access to a file. This tech brief is here to help you understand how file contexts work in SELinux, as well as how to overcome unwanted SELinux denials associated with file contexts.

This is one of a series of tech briefs designed to help you learn SELinux. The series includ...

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