Oracle Linux: Unable To Set Selinux Mode To Permissive (Doc ID 2515650.1)

Last updated on MAY 24, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

Changed the SELINUX value to permissive in /etc/sysconfig/selinux and reboot. But server still shows selinux disabled.
Customer set the permissive mode in /etc/sysconfig/selinux
# 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=permissive <======
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Cause

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