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Monday, 15 March 2010
This short tutorials shows you how to disable SELinux in CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

Step 1 Check to see if SELinux is enabled
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See if selinux is enabled:
    grep SELINUX /etc/selinux/config


Step 2. Edit SELinux config file
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Edit /etc/selinux/config file and change SELINUX option to: SELINUX=disabled

You can also check the status of selinux (enable or disable) with the following command:
    getenforce


Step 3. Reboot your system
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After changing SELINUX option, save the file and reboot your system.


Note
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Values of SELINUX variable are:
- enforcing: selinux enabled
- permisive: only prints warnings, do not enforce
- disabled: selinux disabled
Last Updated ( Monday, 15 March 2010 )
 
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