How to enable SELinux?

petulia3478

Change SELINUX=disabled to SELINUX=permissive in /etc/sysconfig/selinux

# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
SELINUX=permissive

Reboot your system:

# /sbin/reboot

Check that SELinux is enabled:

# /usr/sbin/sestatus -v
SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /selinux
Current mode:                   permissive
Mode from config file:          permissive
Policy version:                 21
Policy from config file:        targeted

Process contexts:
Current context:                root:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
Init context:                   system_u:system_r:init_t
/sbin/mingetty                  system_u:system_r:getty_t
/usr/sbin/sshd                  system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh

File contexts:
Controlling term:               root:object_r:devpts_t
/etc/passwd                     system_u:object_r:etc_t
/etc/shadow                     system_u:object_r:shadow_t
/bin/bash                       system_u:object_r:shell_exec_t
/bin/login                      system_u:object_r:login_exec_t
/bin/sh                         system_u:object_r:bin_t -> system_u:object_r:shell_exec_t
/sbin/agetty                    system_u:object_r:getty_exec_t
/sbin/init                      system_u:object_r:init_exec_t
/sbin/mingetty                  system_u:object_r:getty_exec_t
/usr/sbin/sshd                  system_u:object_r:sshd_exec_t
/lib/libc.so.6                  system_u:object_r:lib_t -> system_u:object_r:lib_t
/lib/ld-linux.so.2              system_u:object_r:lib_t -> system_u:object_r:ld_so_t