Manage SELinux Alert Message

Cockpit administrators can monitor and manage access denial alert messages generated by SELinux using the SELinux page in the web console.

Note:

To perform similar tasks from the command line use setenforce and sealert tools. For more information, see Troubleshooting Access Denial Messages in Oracle Linux: Administering SELinux.

What Do You Need?

• The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.

  For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.

• Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to view or dismiss access denial messages that are generated by SELinux on the local host.

1. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click SELinux.

   The SELinux page appears.

2. In the SELinux page, perform any of the following:
   • To view alert-generated access denial messages, navigate to the SELinux access control errors section. The messages appear in a table format.
   • To dismiss one or more alert generated message, select the check box for each message that you want to dismiss, and then click Dismiss Alert.