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NAME

       sestatus - SELinux status tool

SYNOPSIS

       sestatus [-v] [-b]

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

DESCRIPTION

       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,  disabled,  the  loaded
       policy  and whether it is in enforcing or permissive mode.  It can also
       be used to display the security context of files and  processes  listed
       in the /etc/sestatus.conf file.

       > sestatus
       SELinux status:         enabled
       SELinuxfs mount:        /selinux
       Current Mode:           permissive
       Policy version:         16

OPTIONS

       -v

        Checks  the  contexts  of  a  files  ,  and  a processes listed in the
       /etc/sestatus.conf file.  It also checks the context of the target,  in
       cases of symlinks.

       -b

       Display the current state of booleans.

FILES

       /etc/sestatus.conf

AUTHOR

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

                                  2005111103                       sestatus(8)