sestatus

Section: SELinux command line documentation (8)
Updated: 26 Nov 2011
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NAME

sestatus - SELinux status tool

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
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

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Daniel Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.
The program was written by Chris PeBenito <pebenito@gentoo.org>