5.4.2. Disabling SELinux

Procedure 5.4. Disabling SELinux

1. Configure SELINUX=disabled in the /etc/selinux/config file:
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   # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
   # SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
   #       enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
   #       permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
   #       disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
   SELINUX=disabled
   # SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
   #       targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
   #       mls - Multi Level Security protection.
   SELINUXTYPE=targeted

2. Reboot your system. After reboot, confirm that the getenforce command returns Disabled:
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   ~]~ getenforce
   Disabled