HowTo: Temporarily Switch Off SELinux Enforcement

To temporarily switch off SELinux enforcement, you can use the setenforce command. This command changes the mode of SELinux enforcement on the fly, without requiring a reboot or restart of any services.

Here’s an example of how to temporarily switch off SELinux enforcement:

In this example, setenforce 0 sets SELinux to permissive mode, in which SELinux will log policy violations, but will not enforce them. This allows you to temporarily disable SELinux enforcement for troubleshooting purposes or to perform specific tasks that would otherwise be prevented by SELinux policy.

To turn SELinux enforcement back on, you can run the following command:

Note that changes made with setenforce are not persistent across reboots. To make permanent changes to SELinux enforcement mode, you will need to modify the SELINUX setting in the /etc/selinux/config file.