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selinux-policy-upgrade

selinux-policy-upgrade(8)				      System Manager's Manual					 selinux-policy-upgrade(8)

NAME

       selinux-policy-upgrade - upgrade the modules in the SE Linux policy database from a policy package

SYNOPSIS

       selinux-policy-upgrade

DESCRIPTION

       selinux-policy-upgrade  this  command  will  upgrade  all  policy  modules  (including the base modules) for to the versions that are under
       /usr/share/selinux/SELINUXTYPE

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), sestatus(8), selinuxenabled(1), load_policy(8), semodule(8), postfix-nochroot(8),  check-selinux-installation(8),  selinux-con-
       fig-enforcing(8),  http://wiki.debian.org/SELinux - More about SELinux Debian install, http://etbe.coker.com.au/tag/selinux/ - Russell's SE
       Linux blog posts.

AUTHOR

       This program and it's man page was written by Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).  Per-
       mission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

															 selinux-policy-upgrade(8)