My hosting company disabled SELinux protection. How do I turn on SELinux over remote ssh session without distributing existing networking services?
You can enable SELinux it by typing the following commands:
#genhomedircon
# touch /.autorelabel
# reboot
After reboot turn it on:
# setenforce 1
You need to modify /etc/grub.conf or /etc/selinux/config to enable SELinux after each reboot. Edit /etc/selinux/config, enter:
# vi /etc/selinux/config
Edit/add as follows:
SELINUX=enforcing SELINUXTYPE=targeted
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Another way is by running system-config-securitylevel-tui.
The question in the article was:
How do I turn on SELinux over remote ssh session without distributing existing networking services?
Pay attention to the last part: “without distributing existing networking services”
Then as a solution is posted:
#genhomedircon
# touch /.autorelabel
# reboot
Yes I have read i correct. The last command is reboot….
hmm . reboot without “distributing existing networking services”
Nice article by the way…
@Michael,
Without reboot you cannot activate SELinux. However, if you do not follow these instructions many files and services such as ssh will not activate after the reboot. In that case you need to login over console and fix the issue. So once system comes online you run the ‘setenforce 1’ command to turn it on. Nevertheless, you cannot get it activated without rebooting the system. May be you need to use ksplice [ksplice.com] service based patch which allows:
I never tried it out, but this may be the solution…
HTH
ok. got it! Thanks….
(at this moment I have another weird situation: The CAPS lock function of my keyboard is reversed :-)… When the LED on the keyboard is ON the letters appear in lower case and visa versa… I Googled a bit but found not yet a simple solution yet… (distrubution=Fedora 12))
Keep up the good work.
Hi Guys,
Im using VPS with kloxo panel.
/usr/sbin/sestatus
SELinux status: disabled
I tried to edit config file as well
# 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 – Only targeted network daemons are protected.
# strict – Full SELinux protection.
# mls – Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
# SETLOCALDEFS= Check local definition changes
SETLOCALDEFS=0
rebooting successful but still it doesn’t work,
setenforce 1
setenforce: SELinux is disabled
many Thanks