Summary
In this chapter, we saw how to enable and disable SELinux both on a complete system level as well as a per-service level using various methods: kernel boot options, SELinux configuration file, or plain commands. One of the commands is semanage permissive, which can disable SELinux protections for a single service.
Next, we saw where SELinux logs its events and how to interpret them, which is one of the most important capabilities of an administrator dealing with SELinux. To assist us with this interpretation, there are tools such as setroubleshoot, sealert, and audit2why. We also dived into several utilities related to Linux auditing to help us sift through various events.
In the next chapter, we will look at the first administrative task ...
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