enabling CentOS selinux

Question

I installed Centos 5.5 and by deafult SElinux was disabled. I did changes in /etc/selinux/config and now it looks like this.

SELINUX=enforcing
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
SETLOCALDEFS=0

and rebooted the system. But even after the reboot when I do check the sestatus it shows disable. where I'm doing a mistake do I need to change any thing else?

EDIT :
I'm Using Rackspace Cloud server

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '10 at 06:53

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You need to be running a kernel that supports SELinux. Most VPS providers use one that doesn't, since no one has cared enough to write SELinux rules that allow their VPS tools/mechanism to work.

Another possibility is that one or more kernel options are being passed via the bootloader which disable it. Check your bootloader configuration.

answered Oct 14 '10 at 06:53

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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To check current kernel parameters: cat /proc/cmdline – LatinSuD Oct 14 '10 at 08:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '11 at 20:00

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It seems that if you create a support ticket with Rackspace they can enable SELinux support without using a custom kernel. I suspect they keep alternate kernels available and they simply switch it over on their end.

answered Mar 12 '11 at 20:00

Thub

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enabling CentOS selinux

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