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semanage permissive — Manage persistent SELinux permissive domains. Note that this effectively makes the process unconfine

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Problem

How to use the semanage permissive command: Manage persistent SELinux permissive domains. Note that this effectively makes the process unconfined. For long-term use, it is recommended to configure SELinux properly. See also: semanage, getenforce, setenforce. More information: <https://manned.org/semanage-permissive>.

Solution

semanage permissive — Manage persistent SELinux permissive domains. Note that this effectively makes the process unconfined. For long-term use, it is recommended to configure SELinux properly. See also: semanage, getenforce, setenforce. More information: <https://manned.org/semanage-permissive>.

List all process types (a.k.a domains) that are in permissive mode:

sudo semanage permissive {{[-l|--list]}}

Set permissive mode for a domain:

sudo semanage permissive {{[-a|--add]}} {{httpd_t}}

Unset permissive mode for a domain:

sudo semanage permissive {{[-d|--delete]}} {{httpd_t}}

Code Snippets

List all process types (a.k.a domains) that are in permissive mode

sudo semanage permissive {{[-l|--list]}}

Set permissive mode for a domain

sudo semanage permissive {{[-a|--add]}} {{httpd_t}}

Unset permissive mode for a domain

sudo semanage permissive {{[-d|--delete]}} {{httpd_t}}

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