What's the proper way to reset SELinux? [closed]

Question

I'm using REDHAT 6.x and I think something went wrong so I'd like to reset EVERYTHING (selinux wise) and just redo it, how would one go about it?

Please clarify your question -- Do you want to reset JUST THE SELINUX CONFIGURATION (as your title suggests), or EVERYTHING (as the body of your question states). The two require vastly different approaches.
I didn't think RedHat 6.x had selinux, or do you need to clarrify that as well?
@JohnGardeniers RedHat is, as near as I can tell, the flagship distribution with SELinux.

mricon · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-14 17:09:36Z

up vote 6 down vote accepted

You can try this:

# setenforce 0
# yum erase selinux\*
# rm -rf /etc/selinux
# yum install selinux-policy-targeted 
# touch /.autorelabel
# reboot

edited Dec 14 '12 at 17:09

answered Dec 14 '12 at 17:01

mricon
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	How will fiddling with the selinux labels reset the kid back to a base install? – Scott Pack Dec 15 '12 at 0:14
	Because he asked for a "proper way to reset SELinux?" – mricon Dec 15 '12 at 3:24
	facepalm I read that as EL Linux. Gods I feel like a jerk. – Scott Pack Dec 15 '12 at 3:27
	@ScottPack Well, he does say he wants to reset "EVERYTHING", not that he wants to reset "SELinux", so I think there's plenty of ambiguity to go around... – HopelessN00b Dec 15 '12 at 9:18

HopelessN00b · Answer 2 · 2012-12-15 00:09:03Z

up vote 0 down vote

Format disk, reinstall RHEL 6.

Really the only way to reset "EVERYTHING".

answered Dec 15 '12 at 0:09

HopelessN00b
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Scott Pack · Answer 3 · 2012-12-15 00:07:36Z

up vote 0 down vote

You can accomplish this in 2 simple steps:

answered Dec 15 '12 at 0:07

Scott Pack
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closed as not a real question by John Gardeniers, mdpc, Ward, rnxrx, Lucas Kauffman Dec 15 '12 at 23:05