On 29/12/14 09:58 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Hey guys, > > For some reason I can't seem to enable SELinux on this one host. > > Here's my SELinux config file: > > [root at beta-new:~] #cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux > > # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. > # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: > # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. > # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. > # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. > SELINUX=enforcing > # SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values: > # targeted - Targeted processes are protected, > # mls - Multi Level Security protection. > SELINUXTYPE=targeted > > > And when I check if it's enabled this is what I get: > > [root at beta-new:~] #getenforce > Disabled > > But when I go to set SELinux to enabled, even with the config file set as > you see it above, I get this result: > > [root at beta-new:~] #setenforce 1 > setenforce: SELinux is disabled > > And nothing I can do enables it on this host. So how, can I solve this > problem? I would definitely appreciate any advice you may have. > > Thanks > Tim Did you reboot? If it was 'disabled', you need to reboot to re-enable it. You can flip between 'permissive' and 'enforcing' without a reboot, but not to/from, 'disabled' (at least that is how I recall). -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?