sestatus - Man Page

• Print the current status: sestatus
• Print the current states of all policy booleans: sestatus -b
• Print the current file and process contexts: sestatus -v

tldr.sh

sestatus [-v] [-b]

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

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 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.

-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.

/etc/sestatus.conf

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

selinux(8), sestatus.conf(5)

secil2conf(8), secilc(8), selinux_config(5), sestatus.conf(5).