disabling selinux entirely

[Thierry Sayegh De Bellis]

John Aldrich wrote:
> I thought that by setting selinux to "disabled" in the config file, I 
> wouldn't be bothered by it's alerts any more. How do I stop SELinux from 
> running, period? I don't want any alerts from SELinux regarding stuff I'm 
> trying to install.
>
>   
I am in no way an expert at SELinux which I just do not use but wouldn't 
something like
echo 0 > /selinux/enforce
do the trick as a workaround till you perform said reboot?

just wondering out loud...

Thierry