centos man page for checkmodule

CHECKMODULE(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    CHECKMODULE(8)

NAME
       checkmodule - SELinux policy module compiler

SYNOPSIS
       checkmodule [-h] [-b] [-m] [-M] [-U handle_unknown ] [-V] [-o output_file] [input_file]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page describes the checkmodule command.

       checkmodule  is a program that checks and compiles a SELinux security policy module into a binary representation.  It can generate either a
       base policy module (default) or a non-base policy module (-m option); typically, you would build a non-base policy  module  to  add  to	an
       existing  module  store	that  already has a base module provided by the base policy.  Use semodule_package to combine this module with its
       optional file contexts to create a policy package, and then use semodule to install the module package into the module store and  load  the
       resulting policy.

OPTIONS
       -b,--binary
	      Read an existing binary policy module file rather than a source policy module file.  This option is a development/debugging aid.

       -h,--help
	      Print usage.

       -m     Generate a non-base policy module.

       -M,--mls
	      Enable the MLS/MCS support when checking and compiling the policy module.

       -V,--version
	       Show policy versions created by this program.  Note that you cannot currently build older versions.

       -o,--output filename
	      Write a binary policy module file to the specified filename.  Otherwise, checkmodule will only check the syntax of the module source
	      file and will not generate a binary module at all.

       -U,--handle-unknown <action>
	      Specify how the kernel should handle unknown classes or permissions (deny, allow or reject).

EXAMPLE
       # Build a MLS/MCS-enabled non-base policy module.
       $ checkmodule -M -m httpd.te -o httpd.mod

SEE ALSO
       semodule(8), semodule_package(8) SELinux documentation at http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux, especially "Configuring the SELinux Policy".

AUTHOR
       This manual page was copied from the checkpolicy man page written by Arpad Magosanyi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>, and  edited  by	Dan  Walsh
       <dwalsh@redhat.com>.  The program was written by Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>.

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