[CentOS] SELinux in CentOS 6

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Phil Dobbin wrote:
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> John Doe wrote:
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>> From: Beartooth <beartooth at comcast.net>
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>>>     It keeps butting in when I try to install map software from Garmin
>>> under Wine. I'm not nearly competent not willing to apply the remedy it
>>> suggests. How do I get to someplace where I can disable it, or at least
>>> set it to permissive?
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>> Not an selinux expert at all but maybe look for "permissive domains"...
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> As others have said, edit /etc/selinux/config as root & set to
> permissive as opposed to enforcing & then reboot for the changes to take
> effect.
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Or, if you don't want to reboot just now, as root, run setenforce 0, or
echo 0 > /selinux/enforce, which will set it to permissive.

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