CHECKPOLICY

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NAME

checkpolicy - SELinux policy compiler  

SYNOPSIS

checkpolicy [-b] [-d] [-M] [-c policyvers] [-o output_file] [input_file]
 

DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the checkpolicy command.

checkpolicy is a program that checks and compiles a SELinux security policy configuration into a binary representation that can be loaded into the kernel. If no input file name is specified, checkpolicy will attempt to read from policy.conf or policy, depending on whether the -b flag is specified.

 

OPTIONS

-b
Read an existing binary policy file rather than a source policy.conf file.
-d
Enter debug mode after loading the policy.
-M
Enable the MLS policy when checking and compiling the policy.
-o filename
Write a binary policy file to the specified filename.
-c policyvers
Specify the policy version, defaults to the latest.

 

SEE ALSO

SELinux documentation at http://www.nsa.gov/selinux, especially "Configuring the SELinux Policy".

 

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Arpad Magosanyi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>, and edited by Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>. The program was written by Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>.