How do you disable selinux?

[damon7]

Hey guys i am having trouble disabling selinux. Any help is appreciated.

So, I tried editing the config file by using these commands:
su -
vi /etc/selinux/config
and editing SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled.

then i reboot and when i type in sestatus it shows the following:

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SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name:             targeted
Current mode:                   permissive
Mode from config file:          error (Success)
Policy MLS status:              enabled
Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
Max kernel policy version:      31

[TrevorH]

We do not recommend disabling it at all. It's rarely necessary... actually I'd go further and say it's never necessary. Read our wiki page and learn how to use it.

Useful resources for SELinux: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux | http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/SelinuxBooleans | http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fed ... ced_Linux/ | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqX3RWn0Yw | http://opensource.com/business/13/11/se ... licy-guide | http://freecomputerbooks.com/The-SELinu ... tions.html

[hunter86_bg]

If you need to resolve SELINUX issues just install:

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 yum install setroubleshoot-server

and then run

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 sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log

It will explain how confident is the plugin and viable options, but please read the wiki to learn the basics.