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.TH SEMODULE "8" "Nov 2005" "Security Enhanced Linux" NSA
.SH NAME 
semodule \- Manage SELinux policy modules.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B semodule [option]... MODE...
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
semodule is the tool used to manage SELinux policy modules,
including installing, upgrading, listing and removing modules.  
semodule may also be used to force a rebuild of policy from the
module store and/or to force a reload of policy without performing
any other transaction.  semodule acts on module packages created
by semodule_package.  Conventionally, these files have a .pp suffix
(policy package), although this is not mandated in any way.

.SH "MODES"
.TP
.B \-R, \-\-reload
force a reload of policy
.TP
.B \-B, \-\-build
force a rebuild of policy (also reloads unless \-n is used)
.TP
.B \-D, \-\-disable_dontaudit
Temporarily remove dontaudits from policy.  Reverts whenever policy is rebuilt
.TP
.B \-i,\-\-install=MODULE_PKG
install/replace a module package
.TP
.B  \-u,\-\-upgrade=MODULE_PKG
deprecated, alias for --install
.TP
.B  \-b,\-\-base=MODULE_PKG   
deprecated, alias for --install
.TP
.B  \-r,\-\-remove=MODULE_NAME
remove existing module at desired priority (defaults to -X 400)
.TP
.B  \-l[KIND],\-\-list-modules[=KIND]
display list of installed modules (other than base)
.TP
.B  KIND:
.TP
standard
list highest priority, enabled, non-base modules
.TP
full
list all modules
.TP
.B  \-X,\-\-priority=PRIORITY
set priority for following operations (1-999)
.TP
.B  \-e,\-\-enable=MODULE_NAME
enable module
.TP
.B  \-d,\-\-disable=MODULE_NAME
disable module
.TP
.B  \-E,\-\-extract=MODULE_PKG
Extract a module from the store as an HLL or CIL file to the current directory.
A module is extracted as HLL by default. The name of the module written is
<module-name>.<lang_ext>
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.B  \-s,\-\-store
name of the store to operate on
.TP
.B  \-n,\-\-noreload,\-N
do not reload policy after commit
.TP
.B  \-h,\-\-help        
prints help message and quit
.TP
.B \-P,\-\-preserve_tunables
Preserve tunables in policy
.TP
.B \-C,\-\-ignore-module-cache
Recompile CIL modules built from HLL files
.TP
.B \-p,\-\-path
Use an alternate path for the policy root
.TP
.B \-S,\-\-store-path
Use an alternate path for the policy store root
.TP
.B  \-v,\-\-verbose     
be verbose
.TP
.B  \-c,\-\-cil
Extract module as a CIL file. This only affects the \-\-extract option and
only modules listed in \-\-extract after this option.
.TP
.B  \-H,\-\-hll
Extract module as an HLL file. This only affects the \-\-extract option and
only modules listed in \-\-extract after this option.

.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
# Install or replace a base policy package.
$ semodule \-b base.pp
# Install or replace a non-base policy package.
$ semodule \-i httpd.pp
# Install or replace all non-base modules in the current directory.
# This syntax can be used with -i/u/r/E, but no other option can be entered after the module names
$ semodule \-i *.pp
# Install or replace all modules in the current directory.
$ ls *.pp | grep \-Ev "base.pp|enableaudit.pp" | xargs /usr/sbin/semodule \-b base.pp \-i
# List non-base modules.
$ semodule \-l
# List all modules including priorities
$ semodule \-lfull
# Remove a module at priority 100
$ semodule \-X 100 \-r wireshark
# Turn on all AVC Messages for which SELinux currently is "dontaudit"ing.
$ semodule \-DB
# Turn "dontaudit" rules back on.
$ semodule \-B
# Disable a module (all instances of given module across priorities will be disabled).
$ semodule \-d alsa
# Install a module at a specific priority.
$ semodule \-X 100 \-i alsa.pp
# List all modules.
$ semodule \-\-list=full
# Set an alternate path for the policy root
$ semodule \-B \-p "/tmp"
# Set an alternate path for the policy store root
$ semodule \-B \-S "/tmp/var/lib/selinux"
# Write the HLL version of puppet and the CIL version of wireshark
# modules at priority 400 to the current working directory
$ semodule \-X 400 \-\-hll \-E puppet \-\-cil \-E wireshark
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR checkmodule (8),
.BR semodule_package (8)
.SH AUTHORS
.nf
This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.
The program was written by Karl MacMillan <kmacmillan@tresys.com>, Joshua Brindle <jbrindle@tresys.com>, Jason Tang <jtang@tresys.com>