NAME

       checkpolicy - SELinux policy compiler

SYNOPSIS

       checkpolicy [-b[F]] [-C] [-d] [-U handle_unknown (allow,deny,reject)] [-M] [-c policyvers]
       [-o output_file|-] [-S] [-t target_platform (selinux,xen)] [-V] [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.

       -F,--conf
              Write policy.conf file rather than binary policy file. Can only be used with binary
              policy file.

       -C,--cil
              Write CIL policy file rather than binary policy file.

       -d,--debug
              Enter debug mode after loading the policy.

       -U,--handle-unknown <action>
              Specify how the kernel should handle unknown classes or permissions (deny, allow or
              reject).

       -M,--mls
              Enable the MLS policy when checking and compiling the policy.

       -c policyvers
              Specify the policy version, defaults to the latest.

       -o,--output filename
              Write a policy file (binary, policy.conf, or CIL policy) to the specified filename.
              If - is given as filename, write it to standard output.

       -S,--sort
              Sort ocontexts before writing out the binary policy. This option  makes  output  of
              checkpolicy consistent with binary policies created by semanage and secilc.

       -t,--target
              Specify the target platform (selinux or xen).

       -O,--optimize
              Optimize the final kernel policy (remove redundant rules).

       -V,--version
              Show version information.

       -h,--help
              Show usage information.

SEE ALSO

       SELinux Reference Policy documentation at https://github.com/SELinuxProject/refpolicy/wiki

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Arpad Magosanyi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>, and edited by
       Stephen  Smalley  <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>.   The  program  was  written  by  Stephen   Smalley
       <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>.

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