aa-load(8)

aa-load8

Load precompiled apparmor policy from cache location(s)

Usage

aa-load {[options] (cache file | cache dir | cache base dir)+}

Overview

aa-load loads precompiled AppArmor policy from the specified locations.

Options

aa-load accepts the following arguments:

-f, --force

Force aa-load to load a policy even if its abi does not match the kernel abi.

-d, --debug

Display debug messages.

-v, --verbose

Display progress and error messages.

-n, --dry-run

Do not actually load the specified policy/policies into the kernel.

-h, --help

Display a brief usage guide.

Exit status

Upon exiting, aa-load returns 0 upon success and 1 upon an error loading the precompiled policy.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Bugs

If you find any bugs, please report them at <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/issues>.

From apparmor 4.1.8-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.