Grant (24.12.2008 03:56): >> I've been able to do so; basically I switched over to the standard profile, >> disabled selinux in the kernel, and re-emerged system for new use flags. >> There were some other details but overall the process was pretty painless, >> anyone ambitious enough to configure a hardened system can probably handle >> the switch without much problem. Not that I'm encouraging you to drop >> hardened (especially on a laptop that could be exposed to random wifi >> networks ;-) > > I'd love to keep it hardened but I want to install programs like > skype, miro, and mplayer that don't seem to compile under a hardened > profile.
Vanilla GCC profile and paxctl are your friends. > - Grant > >>> Can I switch my laptop's profile from a hardened one to a non-hardened >>> one? I thought this was impossible without a complete reinstall but >>> folks on the gentoo-user list seem to think it's not a problem. >>> >>> - Grant > > > -- SATtva | security & privacy consulting www.vladmiller.info | www.pgpru.com
