Disable SElinux

How to disable SELinux

From  the Command Line  From the command line, you can edit the /etc/sysconfig/selinux file. This file is a symlink to /etc/selinux/config.  Change the value of SELINUX or SELINUXTYPE to disabled  Reboot the unit.

[root@host2a ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux

# 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 - SELinux is fully disabled.

SELINUX=permissive

# SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are:

#       targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected.

#       strict - Full SELinux protection.

SELINUXTYPE=targeted

# SETLOCALDEFS= Check local definition changes

SETLOCALDEFS=0

Use the command below to check the status of SELINUX

From  the command line:  

# type :    sestatus

# sestatus

SELinux status:                 enabled

SELinuxfs mount:                /selinux

Current mode:                   enforcing

Mode from config file:          enforcing

Policy version:                 21

Policy from config file:        targeted

Changes will take effect  after the reboot. Check once again if selinux status is diabled

From the terminal

#  sestatus

Selinux  diabled

This will determine if changes from selinux configuration took effect.

If not

From the command :

Type:  iptables –F ( Flush)

Service iptables  save

Note: Same procedure if you want to enable SElinux