How to Disable SELinux on CentOS 7

Posted by linuxhint on Mar 28, 2018 2:13 PM EDT
LinuxHint; By Shahriar Shovon
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The full name of SELinux is Security-Enhanced Linux. It is a security feature of Linux built into the Linux kernel. It is used to control access to users, files, network resources and applications of a Linux system. SELinux provides extended file system permissions on top of the traditional Linux filesystem permission known as Discretionary Access Control (DAC). SELinux is a good security feature. But it is hard to understand and maintain. That is why small companies and startups often don’t bother with SELinux. CentOS 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) comes with SELinux pre-installed. In this article, I will show you how to disable SELinux on CentOS 7. Let’s get started.

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