What are "SELinux AVC Denials" and why do they appear?

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Issue

  • What are AVC denials with respect to SELinux? Why do they appear and what info it provides?
  • Why we should not disable SELinux?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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