checkpolicy (8) Linux Manual Page
checkpolicy – SELinux policy compiler
Synopsis
checkpolicy [-b] [-C] [-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,–binary
- Read an existing binary policy file rather than a source policy.conf file.
- -C,–cil
- Write CIL policy file rather than binary policy file.
- -d,–debug
- Enter debug mode after loading the policy.
- -M,–mls
- Enable the MLS policy when checking and compiling the policy.
- -o,–output filename
- Write a binary policy file to the specified filename.
- -c policyvers
- Specify the policy version, defaults to the latest.
- -t,–target
- Specify the target platform (selinux or xen).
- -U,–handle-unknown <action>
- Specify how the kernel should handle unknown classes or permissions (deny, allow or reject).
- -V,–version
- Show version information.
- -h,–help
- Show usage information.
See Also
SELinux documentation at http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux, especially "Configuring the SELinux Policy".
Author
This manual page was written by Arpad Magosanyi <mag [at] bunuel.tii.matav.hu>, and edited by Stephen Smalley <sds [at] epoch.ncsc.mil>. The program was written by Stephen Smalley <sds [at] epoch.ncsc.mil>.