Permissions and owners

The setenforce command

Switches SELinux between Enforcing (1) and Permissive (0) live.

Syntax

sudo setenforce 0|1

Copy-ready examples

$ sudo setenforce 0Set to Permissive
$ getenforceCheck

You can try them in the browser terminal: it does not touch your computer.

Typical mistakes

  • The change does not survive reboot unless you edit /etc/selinux/config.

Related commands

getenforcesemanage

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