sellinux line command

[Fred J.]

Hi
 while following the stops to install JRE as per
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html

the instruction which says:
 If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" > "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your machine to implement the new SELinux policy.

I don't have kde or gnome and neither of the following seams to match what the article is talking about.
 # system-config-securitylevel
 # system-config-securitylevel-tui
    	
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[Paul Howarth]

On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> Hi
> while following the stops to install JRE as per
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
>
> the instruction which says:
> If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" >
> "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click
> "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on
> "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the
> use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your
> machine to implement the new SELinux policy.
>
> I don't have kde or gnome and neither of the following seams to match
> what the article is talking about.
> # system-config-securitylevel
> # system-config-securitylevel-tui

This action sets the allow_execmod SELinux boolean. You could do that
from the command line without using system-config-securitylevel as
follows:

# setsebool -P allow_execmod 1

There is no need to reboot after doing this.

However, this is not the best way of solving the problem, as it relaxes
security much more than necessary. A better way would be to set the
SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t, which
would have the same effect but only for those particular libraries.

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> Hi
> while following the stops to install JRE as per
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
>
> the instruction which says:
> If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" >
> "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click
> "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on
> "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the
> use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your
> machine to implement the new SELinux policy.

...

This action sets the allow_execmod SELinux boolean. You could do that
from the command line without using system-config-securitylevel as
follows:

# setsebool -P allow_execmod 1

There is no need to reboot after doing this.

However, this is not the best way of solving the problem, as it relaxes
security much more than necessary. A better way would be to set the
SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t, which
would have the same effect but only for those particular libraries.

Paul.

set the SElinux context type ...
I don't understand, who is it done, could some one provide a link to the docs please.

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On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 10:43:16 -0700,
  "Fred J."  wrote:
> set the SElinux context type ...
> I don't understand, who is it done, could some one provide a link to the docs please.

The command to change security context is chcon. There is a man page for it.
If you have further interest in selinux, you might take a look at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> Hi
> while following the stops to install JRE as per
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
>
> the instruction which says:
> If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" >
> "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click
> "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on
> "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the
> use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your
> machine to implement the new SELinux policy.
>
> I don't have kde or gnome and neither of the following seams to match
> what the article is talking about.
> # system-config-securitylevel
> # system-config-securitylevel-tui

This action sets the allow_execmod SELinux boolean. You could do that
from the command line without using system-config-securitylevel as
follows:

# setsebool -P allow_execmod 1

There is no need to reboot after doing this.

However, this is not the best way of solving the problem, as it relaxes
security much more than necessary. A better way would be to set the
SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t, which
would have the same effect but only for those particular libraries.

Paul.

does this mean that I should ignore the step in the instruction which talks about 
"Allow the use of shared libraries with Text Relocation".
and go ahead with the rest of the steps as listed here
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html under Java and then go back and set the SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t. ?

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[Paul Howarth]

Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth  wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > Hi
> > while following the stops to install JRE as per
> > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
> >
> > the instruction which says:
> > If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" >
> > "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click
> > "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on
> > "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the
> > use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your
> > machine to implement the new SELinux policy.
> >
> > I don't have kde or gnome and neither of the following seams to match
> > what the article is talking about.
> > # system-config-securitylevel
> > # system-config-securitylevel-tui
>
> This action sets the allow_execmod SELinux boolean. You could do that
> from the command line without using system-config-securitylevel as
> follows:
>
> # setsebool -P allow_execmod 1
>
> There is no need to reboot after doing this.
>
> However, this is not the best way of solving the problem, as it relaxes
> security much more than necessary. A better way would be to set the
> SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t, which
> would have the same effect but only for those particular libraries.
>
> Paul.
>
> does this mean that I should ignore the step in the instruction which talks about 
> "Allow the use of shared libraries with Text Relocation".
> and go ahead with the rest of the steps as listed here
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html under Java and then go back and set the SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t. ?

Yes, you could do it that way.

However, I think a better way, from both a system maintenance and 
SELinux point of view, would be to use the JPackage RPMs. You need to 
build these yourself due to the way Sun license Java, and this may 
appear at first to be a daunting prospect, but it's not difficult 
really. See: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Installing Java using the JPackage RPMs will get all of the SELinux 
contexts set correctly "out of the box" and the software will be managed 
by RPM, just like all the other software on the system. It really is the 
best way IMHO.

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > Hi
> > while following the stops to install JRE as per
> > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
> >
> > the instruction which says:
> > If you have not already done so go to "System" > "Administration" >
> > "Security Level and Firewall". Enter your root password and click
> > "ok". On the "SELinux" tab click on "Modify SELinux Policy", click on
> > "Compatibility" to open it and tick the check box next to "Allow the
> > use of shared libraries with Text Relocation". Click "ok". Reboot your
> > machine to implement the new SELinux policy.
> >
> > I don't have kde or gnome and neither of the following seams to match
> > what the article is talking about.
> > # system-config-securitylevel
> > # system-config-securitylevel-tui
>
> This action sets the allow_execmod SELinux boolean. You could do that
> from the command line without using system-config-securitylevel as
> follows:
>
> # setsebool -P allow_execmod 1
>
> There is no need to reboot after doing this.
>
> However, this is not the best way of solving the problem, as it relaxes
> security much more than necessary. A better way would be to set the
> SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t, which
> would have the same effect but only for those particular libraries.
>
> Paul.
>
> does this mean that I should ignore the step in the instruction which talks about 
> "Allow the use of shared libraries with Text Relocation".
> and go ahead with the rest of the steps as listed here
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html under Java and then go back and set the SElinux context type of the java libraries to textrel_shlib_t. ?

Yes, you could do it that way.

However, I think a better way, from both a system maintenance and 
SELinux point of view, would be to use the JPackage RPMs. You need to 
build these yourself due to the way Sun license Java, and this may 
appear at first to be a daunting prospect, but it's not difficult 
really. See: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Installing Java using the JPackage RPMs will get all of the SELinux 
contexts set correctly "out of the box" and the software will be managed 
by RPM, just like all the other software on the system. It really is the 
best way IMHO.

Paul.

Paul
thanks alot
after going through the link I now have it.
[fred@localhost i586]$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
[fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a
.  ..
[fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
Password:
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct  4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.

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[Fred J.]

"Fred J."  wrote:

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > Hi
> > while following the stops to install JRE as per

...

Paul.

Paul
thanks  alot
after going through the link I now have it.
[fred@localhost i586]$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
[fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a
.  ..
[fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
Password:
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct  4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.I found the problem
[fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.<tab>
java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ 
it looks like I have to uninstall the jre 1.4.2 I embarked upon before.

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[Paul Howarth]

Fred J. wrote:
> "Fred J."  wrote:
>
> Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > while following the stops to install JRE as per
>
> ...
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul
> thanks  alot
> after going through the link I now have it.
> [fred@localhost i586]$ java -version
> java version "1.5.0_09"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
> [fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a
> .  ..
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
> Password:
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
> total 4
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct  4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
> however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.I found the problem
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.<tab>
> java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ 
> it looks like I have to uninstall the jre 1.4.2 I embarked upon before.

../../../lib/jvm/java should be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java_sdk, 
which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun (set up using 
"alternatives"), which should be a symlink to java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09.

By following all of these symlinks, libjavaplugin_oji.so should point to 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so.

The java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0 directory is the gcj-based implementation 
that comes with Fedora. Stanton's instructions have java installed under 
/opt.

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> "Fred J."

wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > while following the stops to install JRE as per
>
> ...
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul
> thanks  alot
> after going through the link I now have it.
> [fred@localhost i586]$ java -version
> java version "1.5.0_09"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
> [fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a
> .  ..
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
> Password:
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
> total 4
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct  4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
> however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.I found the problem
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.
> java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ 
> it looks like I have to uninstall the jre 1.4.2 I embarked upon before.

../../../lib/jvm/java should be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java_sdk, 
which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun (set up using 
"alternatives"), which should be a symlink to java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09.

By following all of these symlinks, libjavaplugin_oji.so should point to 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so.

I don't have "../../../lib/jvm/java"
]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm
jvm/         jvm-commmon/ jvm-exports/ jvm-private/ 
[fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.
java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/

as well as "/etc/alternatives/java_sdk"
[fred@localhost ~]$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java
java         java.1.gz    javaws       javaws.1.gz

am I still ok?

thank you

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[Paul Howarth]

Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > "Fred J."
>
> wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > > Paul Howarth
> >
> > wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > while following the stops to install JRE as per
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > Paul
> > thanks  alot
> > after going through the link I now have it.
> > [fred@localhost i586]$ java -version
> > java version "1.5.0_09"
> > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b01)
> > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
> > [fred@localhost i586]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
> > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls
> > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -a
> > .  ..
> > [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
> > Password:
> > [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
> > total 4
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Oct  4 03:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> >
> > however when I restart firefox, and go to a suitable page, it still asks to install a plugin JRE.I found the problem
> > [fred@localhost plugins]$ sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.
> > java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/ 
> > it looks like I have to uninstall the jre 1.4.2 I embarked upon before.
>
> ../../../lib/jvm/java should be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java_sdk, 
> which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun (set up using 
> "alternatives"), which should be a symlink to java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09.
>
> By following all of these symlinks, libjavaplugin_oji.so should point to 
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so.
>
> I don't have "../../../lib/jvm/java"
> ]$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm
> jvm/         jvm-commmon/ jvm-exports/ jvm-private/ 
> [fred@localhost plugins]$ ls -l ../../../lib/jvm/java-1.
> java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/  java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09/
>
> as well as "/etc/alternatives/java_sdk"
> [fred@localhost ~]$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java
> java         java.1.gz    javaws       javaws.1.gz
>
> am I still ok?

The key thing is that /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so be a 
symlink that eventually ends up at the libjavaplugin_oji.so from the 
java-1.5.0-sun-plugin package. If that's the case, everything should work.

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > Hi
> > ...

Yes, you could do it that way.

However, I think a better way, from both a system maintenance and 
SELinux point of view, would be to use the JPackage RPMs. You need to 
build these yourself due to the way Sun license Java, and this may 
appear at first to be a daunting prospect, but it's not difficult 
really. See: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Installing Java using the JPackage RPMs will get all of the SELinux 
contexts set correctly "out of the box" and the software will be managed 
by RPM, just like all the other software on the system. It really is the 
best way IMHO.

Paul.

Paul, do you know of similar way to install adobe "pdf reader" plugin for firefox.

thanks

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[Paul Howarth]

Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > ...
>
> Yes, you could do it that way.
>
> However, I think a better way, from both a system maintenance and 
> SELinux point of view, would be to use the JPackage RPMs. You need to 
> build these yourself due to the way Sun license Java, and this may 
> appear at first to be a daunting prospect, but it's not difficult 
> really. See: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava
>
> Installing Java using the JPackage RPMs will get all of the SELinux 
> contexts set correctly "out of the box" and the software will be managed 
> by RPM, just like all the other software on the system. It really is the 
> best way IMHO.
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul, do you know of similar way to install adobe "pdf reader" plugin for firefox.

Try this:
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/AdobeReaderOnFedora

Note to Dan:
The RPMforge mozilla-acroread package hardlinks the plugin nppdf.so into 
three different locations:

/usr/lib/acroread/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/nppdf.so

Only one of these is caught by the current context types, so it will end 
up labelled lib_t. I suggest the following addition to policy:

/usr/lib/[^/]*/plugins/nppdf.so -- 
gen_context(system_u:object_r:textrel_shlib_t,s0)

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > ...
>
> Yes, you could do it that way.
>
> However, I think a better way, from both a system maintenance and 
> SELinux point of view, would be to use the JPackage RPMs. You need to 
> build these yourself due to the way Sun license Java, and this may 
> appear at first to be a daunting prospect, but it's not difficult 
> really. See: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava
>
> Installing Java using the JPackage RPMs will get all of the SELinux 
> contexts set correctly "out of the box" and the software will be managed 
> by RPM, just like all the other software on the system. It really is the 
> best way IMHO.
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul, do you know of similar way to install adobe "pdf reader" plugin for firefox.

Try this:
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/AdobeReaderOnFedora

Note to Dan:
The RPMforge mozilla-acroread package hardlinks the plugin nppdf.so into 
three different locations:

/usr/lib/acroread/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/nppdf.so

Only one of these is caught by the current context types, so it will end 
up labelled lib_t. I suggest the following addition to policy:

/usr/lib/[^/]*/plugins/nppdf.so -- 
gen_context(system_u:object_r:textrel_shlib_t,s0)

Paul.

thanks Paul

do you have a link for macromedia as well, I search http://www.city-fan.org/ but could not come up with something.

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[Paul Howarth]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 11:36 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> do you have a link for macromedia as well, I search
> http://www.city-fan.org/ but could not come up with something.

I only wrote the Adobe Reader one today.

Best I can suggest for flash is to try this:
http://macromedia.mplug.org/faq.html#fedora

I've no idea if it works, or how well it works.

Paul.

[Fred J.]

Paul Howarth  wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> Paul Howarth

wrote: Fred J. wrote:
> > Paul Howarth
>
> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 00:13 -0700, Fred J. wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > ...
>
> Yes, you could do it that way
> ....
>
> Paul, do you know of similar way to install adobe "pdf reader" plugin for firefox.

Try this:
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/AdobeReaderOnFedora

I used /www.city-fan.org/tips/AdobeReaderOnFedora and because my wget
is broken, I downloaded the files with the browser and saved them in
~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/

[fred@localhost SOURCES]$ ls -1
acroread-7.0.8-1.rf.nosrc.rpm
AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1.i386.tar.gz
jdk-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.bin

[localhost ~]$ rpmbuild --rebuild acroread-7.0.8-1.rf.nosrc.rpm
gave a long output which ended with

****************************************************************
...
Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/SOAP.api
/bin/tar: Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/SOAP.api: Wrote only 4096 of 10240 bytes
/bin/tar: Skipping to next header
/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.59796 (%install)

RPM build errors:
    InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6b8d79e6
    user dag does not exist - using root
    group dag does not exist - using root
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.59796 (%install)
****************************************************************

thank you

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