---
name: "semanage-user"
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-user"
---

# semanage-user(8)

SELinux Policy Management SELinux User mapping tool

## NAME

**semanage-user - SELinux Policy Management SELinux User mapping tool**

## SYNOPSIS

**semanage user \[-h\] \[-n\] \[-N\] \[-S STORE\] \[ --add ( -L LEVEL -R ROLES -r RANGE SEUSER -P PREFIX ) \| --delete SEUSER \| --deleteall \| --extract \| --list \[-C\] \| --modify ( -L LEVEL -R ROLES -r RANGE SEUSER ) \]**

## DESCRIPTION

semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources. **semanage user** controls the mapping between an SELinux User and the roles and MLS/MCS levels.

## 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

- *-L LEVEL, --level LEVEL*

  Default SELinux Level for SELinux user, s0 Default. (MLS/MCS Systems only)

- *-P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX*

  Prefix for a user to be added.

- *-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.

- *-R \[ROLES\], --roles \[ROLES\]*

  SELinux Roles. You must enclose multiple roles within quotes, separate by spaces. Or specify -R multiple times.

## EXAMPLE

```
List SELinux users
# semanage user -l
Modify groups for staff_u user
# semanage user -m -R "system_r unconfined_r staff_r" staff_u
Assign user topsecret_u role staff_r and range s0-TopSecret
# semanage user -a -R "staff_r" -rs0-TopSecret topsecret_u
```

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

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