SELinux and RHEL7 | What is Permissive mode in SELinux

What is SELinux ? Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a security architecture for Linux systems that allows administrators to have more control over who can access the system.SELinux defines access controls for the applications, processes, and files on a system. It uses security policies, which are a set of rules that tell SELinux what can or...

How to Boot into rescue mode in RHEL 7 / CENTOS 7

Rescue mode provides a convenient single-user environment and allows you to repair your system in situations when it is unable to complete a normal booting process. In rescue mode, the system attempts to mount all local file systems and start some important system services, but it does not activate network interfaces or allow more users...

Why is space not being freed from disk after deleting a file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?/CENTOS

Issue : When deleting a large file or files, the file is deleted successfully but the size of the filesystem does not reflect the change. Root cause: On Linux or Unix systems, deleting a file via rm or through a file manager application will unlink the file from the file system’s directory structure; however, if the file is still...