Change the SELinux Enforcement Mode

Question 1

What command is used to verify the current SELinux mode of a machine?

Answer 1

getenforce

Question 2

What command is used to edit the configuration file that changes SELINUX parameters from enforcing to permissive mode?

Answer 2

vim /etc/selinux/config

Question 3

What command is used to confirm the SELINUX parameters?

Answer 3

grep ‘^SELINUX’ /etc/selinux/config

Question 4

What command is used to temporarily change the setenforce command to permissive mode?

Answer 4

setenforce 0

Question 5

What command is used to temporarily set the SELinux mode to enforcing?s

Answer 5

setenforce 1