4.5. Changing SELinux Modes at Boot Time
4.5. Changing SELinux Modes at Boot Time On boot, you can set several kernel parameters to change the way SELinux runs: enforcing=0 Setting this parameter causes the system to start in permissive mode, which is useful when troubleshooting issues. Using permissive mode might be the only option to detect a problem if your file system is too corrupted. Moreover, in permissive mode, the system continues to create the labels correctly. The AVC messages that are created in this mode can be different than in enforcing mode. In permissive mode, only the first denial from a series of the same denials is reported. However, in enforcing mode, you might get a denial related to reading a directory, and an application stops. In permissive mode, you get the same AVC message, but the application continues reading files in the directory and you get an AVC for each denial in addition. selinux=0 This parameter causes the kernel to not load any part of the SELinux infrastructure. The init scripts notice that the system booted with the selinux=0 parameter and touch the /.autorelabel file. This causes the system to automatically relabel the time you boot with SELinux enabled. Important Red Hat does not recommend using the selinux=0 parameter. To debug your system, prefer using permissive mode. autorelabel=1 This parameter forces the system to relabel similarly to the following commands: If the system labeling contains a large amount of errors, you might need to boot in permissive mode in order that the autorelabel succeeds. For additional SELinux-related kernel boot parameters, such as checkreqprot , see the /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc- <KERNEL_VER> /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt file. This documentation is installed with the kernel-doc package. Replace the <KERNEL_VER> string with the version number of the installed kernel, for example:
~]# touch /.autorelabel ~]# reboot ~]# yum install kernel-doc ~]USD less /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc- 3.10.0 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt