IV45183: IS RHEL 6 IS SELINUX SUPPORTED BEING ENABLED IN A TSAMP/RSCT ENVIRONMENT?

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• BE Support Engineer:  CJ
  Change Team Engineer: EJ
  SAMP: 3.2.2
  
  Problem Description: In the installation and configuration
  guide it states the following with regard to selinux on RHEL:
  
  On page 8 and again on page 48:
  
  In the current Red Hat 5 distributions, the SELinux environment
  is switched on by default. It must be switched off for IBM
  Tivoli System Automation to work properly.
  
  Needs to be updated to reflect the same information for RHEL 6.
  

Local fix

• Disable selinux on RHEL 5/6
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
  * (SA MP) 3.2.2 users installing the product or operations
  * console on Red Hat RHEL 6
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  * The SA MP Installation and Configuration guide describes on
  * pages 8 and 48 that SELinux needs to be switched off on
  * Red Hat RHEL 5, but it misses to mention that this has to be
  * done also for Red Hat RHEL 6.
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Installation and
  Configuration guide will be updated as follows to address this
  issue:
  
  Chapter 1. Installing on UNIX and Linux
    Preparing for installation
      Prerequisites
  
   The last bullet of the bullet list will be changed from:
  
     In the current Red Hat 5 distributions, the SELinux
     environment is switched on by default. It must be switched
     off for IBM Tivoli System Automation to work properly.
  
   to:
  
     In the current Red Hat RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 distributions, the
     SELinux environment is switched on by default. It must be
     switched off for IBM Tivoli System Automation to work
     properly.
  
  Chapter 4. Installing the operations console
    Preparing for the installation of the IBM Tivoli System
    Automation operations console
      Installation prerequisites
  
   The 3rd bullet of the bullet list will be changed from:
  
     In the current Red Hat 5 distributions, the SELinux
     environment is switched on by default. It must be switched
     off for IBM Tivoli System Automation to work properly.
  
   to:
  
     In the current Red Hat RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 distributions, the
     SELinux environment is switched on by default. It must be
     switched off for IBM Tivoli System Automation to work
     properly.
  
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