Disable SELinux Permanently

Disable SELinux Permanently To permanently disable SELinux, use your favorite text editor to open the file /etc/sysconfig/selinux as follows: # vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux SELinux Enforcing Mode SELinux Enforcing Mode Then change the directive SELinux=enforcing to SELinux=disabled as shown in the below image. SELINUX=disabled Disable SELinux Permanently Disable SELinux Permanently Then, save and exit the file, for the changes to take effect, you need to reboot your system and then check the status of SELinux using sestatus command as shown: $ sestatus Check SELinux Status Check SELinux Status