SYNOPSIS

sestatus [-v] [-b]

This tool is used to get the status of a system running SELinux.

DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the sestatus program.

This tool is used to get the status of a system running SELinux. It displays data about whether SELinux is enabled or disabled, location of key directories, and the loaded policy with its status as shown in the example:

> sestatus

SELinux status: enabled

SELinuxfs mount: /selinux

SELinux root directory: /etc/selinux

Loaded policy name: targeted

Current mode: permissive

Mode from config file: enforcing

Policy MLS status: enabled

Policy deny_unknown status: allow

Max kernel policy version: 26

sestatus can also be used to display:

  • The security context of files and processes listed in the /etc/sestatus.conf file. The format of this file is described in sestatus.conf(5).

  • The status of booleans.

OPTIONS

-v

Displays the contexts of files and processes listed in the /etc/sestatus.conf file. It also checks whether the file is a symbolic link, if so then the context of the target file is also shown.

The following contexts will always be displayed:

The current process context

The init process context

The controlling terminal file context

-b

Display the current state of booleans.

FILES

/etc/sestatus.conf

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Daniel Walsh <[email protected]>.

The program was written by Chris PeBenito <[email protected]>

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