Due to some errors, a Linux administrator needs to permanently disable SELinux on one of the development machines for the time of testing. Which of the following should the administrator do to…

The correct answer is D. Edit the "/etc/selinux/config" file and restart the system. Changing SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/config and then rebooting is the only way to persistently disable SELinux; setenforce only takes effect until the

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Due to some errors, a Linux administrator needs to permanently disable SELinux on one of the development machines for the time of testing. Which of the following should the administrator do to accomplish this task?

Options

AUse "setenforce disabled" command and restart the system.
BUse "setenforce 1" command.
CUse "systemctl selinux" command.
DEdit the "/etc/selinux/config" file and restart the system.

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B
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C
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D
92% (24)

Explanation

Changing SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/config and then rebooting is the only way to persistently disable SELinux; setenforce only takes effect until the

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