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SELinux - Amazon Linux 2023

By default, Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) for AL2023 is enabled and set to permissive mode. In permissive mode, permission denials are logged but not enforced.

SELinux is a security feature of the Amazon Linux kernel, which was disabled in AL2. SELinux is a collection of kernel features and utilities that provides mandatory access control (MAC) architecture into the major subsystems of the kernel.

For more information, see Setting SELinux modes for AL2023.

For more information about SELinux repositories, tools, and policies, see SELinux Notebook, Types of SELinux policy, and SELinux Project .

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