load_policy(8)

load_policy8

Load a new selinux policy into the kernel

Usage

load_policy [-qi]

Overview

load_policy loads the installed policy file into the kernel. The existing policy boolean values are automatically preserved across policy reloads rather than being reset to the default values in the policy file.

Options

-q

suppress warning messages.

-i

initial policy load. Only use this if this is the first time policy is being loaded since boot (usually called from initramfs).

Exit status

0

Success

1

Invalid option

2

Policy load failed

3

Initial policy load failed and enforcing mode requested

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–7
  4. 8–9
  5. 10–12
  6. 13

-i since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

-b until Debian 4.0 (Etch).

Authors

This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <[email protected]>.
The program was written by Stephen Smalley <[email protected]>.

From policycoreutils 3.8.1-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.