SELinux Support with Oracle Secure Global Desktop (Doc ID 2303700.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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Goal

Secure Global Desktop (SGD) Administrators that manage Linux environments may be asked about support for SELinux within the SGD product.

Security-Enhanced Linux, (SELinux) is a Linux kernel security module that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies.  Details regarding this 3rd party technology may be found within the formal Wikipedia commons definition for SELinux.

Common questions in this area are:

• Is SELinux supported?
• Is Secure Global Desktop SELinux "aware"?
• If so, how are SGD patchkits are installed within a SELinux environment?

Solution

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