sestatus8
Selinux status tool
Usage
sestatus [-v]
[-b]
This tool
is
used
to
get
the
status
of
a
system
running
SELinux.
Overview
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
Memory protection checking: actual (secure)
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
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 3 times.
-b since Debian 7 (Wheezy).