Description of problem: java apps using JRE 1.6 fail to run on RHEL5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux version that ships with RHEL 5. How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: The java app fails to run and we have an selinux alert on dmesg the selinux log is attached to this bugzilla dsm_om_connsvc32d is the java app. Expected results: java applications should run on RHEL5. Additional info:
Created attachment 153511 [details] selinux alert log for a jre 1.6 app
jre 1.6 was from www.sun.com. Is running chcon on jre 1.6 supported? are they any security implications here. http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/system-configurations.html
No you can make the change. Change the context and then change use the semanage command to change the system defaults. This is a problem with the java libraries. Please report it as a bug to them. This link explains the memory detection that SELinux is doing. http://people.redhat.com/~drepper/selinux-mem.html