What's the proper way to reset SELinux?

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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. — voretaq7, Dec 15 '12 at 04:30
I didn't think RedHat 6.x had selinux, or do you need to clarrify that as well? — John Gardeniers, Dec 15 '12 at 05:52
@JohnGardeniers RedHat is, as near as I can tell, the flagship distribution with SELinux. — Scott Pack, Dec 15 '12 at 14:09

mricon · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-14T17:09:36.397

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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

How will fiddling with the selinux labels reset the kid back to a base install? – Scott Pack Dec 15 '12 at 00:14
Because he asked for a "proper way to reset SELinux?" – mricon Dec 15 '12 at 03:24
*facepalm* I read that as EL Linux. Gods I feel like a jerk. – Scott Pack Dec 15 '12 at 03:27
@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 09:18

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '12 at 00:07

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You can accomplish this in 2 simple steps:

answered Dec 15 '12 at 00:07

Scott Pack

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 15 '12 at 00:09

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Format disk, reinstall RHEL 6.

Really the only way to reset "EVERYTHING".

answered Dec 15 '12 at 00:09

HopelessN00b

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