[CS-FSLUG] dbus necessary

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

My understanding of DBUS is that it provides a method of communication
between the kernel and user space. Programs like Beagle desktop search
use it to keep up-to-date on a variety of things. When new files come
onto the system it can automatically be notified and update it's search
if relevant.

It can also be used by Evolution to provide powerful responses to a new
message coming in.

That said, it's still a bit of a luxury so you should be okay turning it
off. I've never run it on a Gentoo system. 

JSR/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz [mailto:Christiansource-
> bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Hurst
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:11 PM
> To: CS-FSLUG
> Subject: [CS-FSLUG] dbus necessary
> 
> I'm testing CentOS 4.2 (clone of RHEL 4.2). There is a conflict
between
> SELinux and dbus. It's documented as a known issues, but I don't yet
> understand the policy for SELinux, so I can't make any adjustments.
Most
> people suggest turning off SELinux. Is there any reason I can't turn
off
> dbus instead? So far, all I understand about dbus is it automounts
> removable media, and I don't care for automount.
> 
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