SEMODULE

NAME

semodule − Manage SELinux policy modules.

SYNOPSIS

semodule [options]... MODE [MODES]...

DESCRIPTION

semodule is the tool used to manage SELinux policy modules, including installing, upgrading, listing and removing modules. semodule may also be used to force a rebuild of policy from the module store and/or to force a reload of policy without performing any other transaction. semodule acts on module packages created by semodule_package. Conventionally, these files have a .pp suffix (policy package), although this is not mandated in any way.

OPTIONS

−R, −−reload

force a reload of policy

force a rebuild of policy (also reloads unless −n is used)

−D, −−disable_dontaudit

Temporarily remove dontaudits from policy. Reverts whenever policy is rebuilt

−i,−−install=MODULE_PKG

install/replace a module package

−u,−−upgrade=MODULE_PKG

upgrade an existing module package, or install if the module does not exist

−b,−−base=MODULE_PKG

install/replace base module package

−d,−−disable=MODULE_NAME

disable existing module

−e,−−enable=MODULE_NAME

enable existing module

−p,−−path=ROOTPATH

use an alternate root path

−r,−−remove=MODULE_NAME

remove existing module

−l,−−list-modules

display list of installed modules (other than base)

name of the store to operate on

−n,−−noreload,−N

do not reload policy after commit

−h,−−help

prints help message and quit

−P,−−preserve_tunables

Preserve tunables in policy

−v,−−verbose

be verbose

EXAMPLE

# Install or replace a base policy package.
$ semodule −b base.pp
# Install or replace a non-base policy package.
$ semodule −i httpd.pp
# List non-base modules.
$ semodule −l
# Turn on all AVC Messages for which SELinux currently is "dontaudit"ing.
$ semodule −DB
# Turn "dontaudit" rules back on.
$ semodule −B
# Install or replace all non-base modules in the current directory.
$ semodule −i *.pp
# Install or replace all modules in the current directory.
$ ls *.pp | grep −Ev "base.pp|enableaudit.pp" | xargs /usr/sbin/semodule −b base.pp −i

SEE ALSO

checkmodule(8), semodule_package(8)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.
The program was written by Karl MacMillan <kmacmillan@tresys.com>, Joshua Brindle <jbrindle@tresys.com>, Jason Tang <jtang@tresys.com>