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Mathematica 6.0 and SELinux?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg83382] Mathematica 6.0 and SELinux?
• From: Pavel Pokorny <Pavel.Pokorny at vscht.RemoveMe.MeToo.cz>
• Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:10:21 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Czech Technical University

  Dear Mathematica friends,

can someone please explain why Mathematica 6.0 conflicts with SELinux?
SE stands for Security Enhanced.
Does a user have to reduce the security of the system to run Mathematica? 

>From the naive point of view, a mathematical software should not
conflict with security issues, or should it?

Wolfram in the installation instructions gives the url
  http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/selinux.html
but this page only suggests what to do with Mathematica 5.2.
It gives no explanation.

Thanks for any help

-- 
Pavel Pokorny
Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny