In Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) minimal server installation, SELinux is set to enable. To disable SELinux, without having to reboot, you can use the setenforce command as below:
[root@rhel6 ~]# setenforce 0
To disabled the SELinux on your next reboot, please change “SELINUX=enforcing” to “SELINUX=disabled”.
# 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 - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=enforcing
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# mls - Multi Level Security protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted
Change to the following :
# 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 - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=enforcing
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# mls - Multi Level Security protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted
