How to Disable the SELinux on RHEL 6

In Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) minimal server installation, SELinux is set to enable. To disable SELinux, without having to reboot, you can use the setenforce command as below:

[root@rhel6 ~]# setenforce 0

To disabled the SELinux on your next reboot, please change “SELINUX=enforcing” to “SELINUX=disabled”.

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
#     enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
#     permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
#     disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=enforcing
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
#     targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
#     mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Change to the following :

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
#     enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
#     permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
#     disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=disabled
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
#     targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
#     mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted