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    How to disable SELinux on CentOS 8 & RHEL 8

    By RahulJuly 13, 20213 Mins Read

    SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) is a Linux kernel security module that provides enhanced security for Linux systems. SELinux provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies. This specifies how the processes communicate with each other and interact with the files.

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    It’s not a good practice to disable SELinux on a system, especially on production servers. For developer systems, you can disable it only if facing issues due to its policies.

    In this how-to-guide, you will learn to disable SELinux on a CentOS 8 or RHEL 8 Linux system.

    SELinux Modes

    SELinux has three modes to run as described below. The default SELinux runs in Enforcing mode on a CentOS or RHEL Linux system.

    • Enforcing – SELinux security policy is enforced.
    • Permissive – SELinux allows access but prints warnings on rules violations.
    • Disabled – No SELinux policy is loaded.

    In this article, we will discuss how to change SELinux mode to permissive or disable it completely on a CentOS and RedHat Linux system.

    Check SELinux Status

    You can use getenforce command to view the status of SELinux. Another command sestatus gives you more details about SELinux status.

    Press CTRL+ALT+T to launch a terminal and type:

    sestatus 
    

    You will see the output like:

    SELinux status:                 enabled
    SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
    SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
    Loaded policy name:             targeted
    Current mode:                   enforcing
    Mode from config file:          enforcing
    Policy MLS status:              enabled
    Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
    Memory protection checking:     actual (secure)
    Max kernel policy version:      33
    

    The above status shows that SELinux is enabled and enforcing.

    Disable SELinux on CentOS/RHEL 8

    Update the SELinux configuration file and set SELINUX=disabled to permanently disable the SELinux on your system. This will completely disable all the SELinux context.

    sudo nano /etc/selinux/config 
    

    Set SELINUX value to disabled:

    SELINUX=disabled
    

    Disable SELinux on CentOS/RHEL 8

    Reboot your instance to apply changes.

    You can again activate the SELinux by setting SELINUX=enforcing in configuration file. Instead of disabling SELinux, you can set it to permissive mode.

    Set SELinux in Permissive Mode (Temporary)

    The permissive mode means the SELinux policy is not enforced. SELinux does not deny any operations even they do policy violations. It only creates logs, which is helpful for debugging.

    You can set the SELinux in permissive mode temporarily by using one of the below commands.

    sudo setenforce 0 
    
    sudo setenforce Permissive 
    

    Once the system rebooted, the temporary mode will be disabled and SELinux will again in enforcing. Use the next method to apply changes permanently.

    Set SELinux in Permissive Mode (Permanent)

    You can also Configure SELinux Permissive Mode Permanently by editing the configuration file. Edit the configuration in in your favorite text edit:

    sudo nano /etc/selinux/config 
    

    Set the SELINUX value to permissive.

    SELINUX=permissive
    

    Set SELinux in Permissive Mode

    Save your file and close. Then reboot your system to apply changes.

    Concusion

    In this tutorial, you have learned about disable SELinux permanently or configure it to permissive mode CentOS 8 or RHEL 8 Linux systems.

    You can read more about SELinux on its official site: What is SELinux?

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