The “setenforce” is used to set the enforcing mode of SELinux on a Linux system. SELinux is a security enhancement to the Linux operating system which provides mandatory access control policies. Enforcing mode is the mode in which enforces its policies
- About setenforce: To modify the SELInux mode
- Comes From : libselinux-utils-2.0.94
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /usr/sbin/setenforce
Examples:
1. To modify the SELinux mode to Enforcing setenforce Enforcing
| # setenforce 1 |
2. To modify the SELinux mode to Enforcing setenforce Permissive
| # setenforce 0 |
3. To see the help
| # setenforce –help |
Related Commands: selinux, getenforce, selinuxenabled
