> 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 ;-)
Is there any difference between 1 and 8 here? Should I switch to 8? # eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets: [1] hardened/x86/2.6 * [2] selinux/2007.0/x86 [3] selinux/2007.0/x86/hardened [4] default/linux/x86/2008.0 [5] default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop [6] default/linux/x86/2008.0/developer [7] default/linux/x86/2008.0/server [8] hardened/linux/x86 - 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
