---
name: "semanage-port"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "policycoreutils-python-utils"
version: "3.8.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/semanage-port"
---

# semanage-port(8)

SELinux Policy Management port mapping tool

## NAME

**semanage-port - SELinux Policy Management port mapping tool**

## SYNOPSIS

**semanage port \[-h\] \[-n\] \[-N\] \[-S STORE\] \[ --add -t TYPE -p PROTOCOL -r RANGE port\_name \| port\_range \| --delete -p PROTOCOL port\_name \| port\_range \| --deleteall \| --extract \| --list \[-C\] \| --modify -t TYPE -p PROTOCOL -r RANGE port\_name \| port\_range \]**

## DESCRIPTION

semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources. **semanage port** controls the port number to port type definitions.

- The

  **port\_range** is 2 numbers separated by a hyphen. To enter more than one port or range of ports you need to run this command multiple times.

## OPTIONS

- *-h, --help*

  Show this help message and exit

- *-n, --noheading*

  Do not print heading when listing the specified object type

- *-N, --noreload*

  Do not reload policy after commit

- *-S STORE, --store STORE*

  Select an alternate SELinux Policy Store to manage

- *-C, --locallist*

  List local customizations

- *-a, --add*

  Add a record of the specified object type

- *-d, --delete*

  Delete a record of the specified object type

- *-m, --modify*

  Modify a record of the specified object type

- *-l, --list*

  List records of the specified object type

- *-E, --extract*

  Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction

- *-D, --deleteall*

  Remove all local customizations

- *-t TYPE, --type TYPE*

  SELinux type for the object

- *-r RANGE, --range RANGE*

  MLS/MCS Security Range (MLS/MCS Systems only) SELinux Range for SELinux login mapping defaults to the SELinux user record range. SELinux Range for SELinux user defaults to s0.

- *-p PROTO, --proto PROTO*

  Protocol for the specified port (tcp\|udp\|dccp\|sctp) or internet protocol version for the specified node (ipv4\|ipv6).

## EXAMPLE

```
List all port definitions
# semanage port -l
Allow Apache to listen on tcp port 81 (i.e. assign tcp port 81 label http_port_t, which apache is allowed to listen on)
# semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 81
Allow sshd to listen on tcp port 8991 (i.e. assign tcp port 8991 label ssh_port_t, which sshd is allowed to listen on)
# semanage port -a -t ssh_port_t -p tcp 8991
```

## SEE ALSO

[**selinux**(8)](/selinux/8.md), [**semanage**(8)](/semanage/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Daniel Walsh \<dwalsh@redhat.com\>