Additional SELinux tools and management¶

Installing SELinux management tools¶

To install SELinux management tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later, run the following command as root:

$ yum -y install policycoreutils-python-utils

Ensure you have root privileges to execute these commands.

SELinux can operate in three modes: Disabled, Permissive, and Enforcing.

To switch SELinux mode until the next reboot, use either of the following commands as root:

$ setenforce Enforcing

or

$ setenforce 1

To view the current SELinux mode, use either of the following commands:

$ getenforce

or

$ sestatus | grep -i mode

To add a service to the permissive domain, execute the following as root:

$ semanage permissive -a <service_name>

To delete a service from the permissive domain, run:

$ semanage permissive -d <service_name>

To list the current permissive domains, use the following command:

$ semanage permissive -l

Last update: 2024-08-29