From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
To: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>,
"selinux >> SE Linux" <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Checkmodule man page
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:05:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <438F579E.6070506@redhat.com> (raw)
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diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsacheckpolicy/checkmodule.8 checkpolicy-1.27.19/checkmodule.8
--- nsacheckpolicy/checkmodule.8 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ checkpolicy-1.27.19/checkmodule.8 2005-12-01 15:00:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+.TH CHECKMODULE 8
+.SH NAME
+checkmodule \- SELinux policy module compiler
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B checkmodule
+.I "[-b] [-d] [-M] [-c policyvers] [-o output_file] [input_file]"
+ .br
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+This manual page describes the
+.BR checkmodule
+command.
+.PP
+.B checkmodule
+is a program that checks and compiles a SELinux security policy module
+into a binary representation. Use semodule_package to combine this module with
+its optional file context to create a policy package that can be loaded into the kernel.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-b
+Read an existing binary policy file rather than a source policy.conf file.
+.TP
+.B \-d
+Enter debug mode after loading the policy.
+.TP
+.B \-M
+Enable the MLS policy when checking and compiling the policy.
+.TP
+.B \-o filename
+Write a binary policy file to the specified filename.
+.TP
+.B \-c policyvers
+Specify the policy version, defaults to the latest.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.B load_policy(8), semodule(8), semodule_package(8), semodule_expand(8), semodule_link(8)
+SELinux documentation at http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/docs.html,
+especially "Configuring the SELinux Policy".
+
+
+.SH 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>.
diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsacheckpolicy/Makefile checkpolicy-1.27.19/Makefile
--- nsacheckpolicy/Makefile 2005-09-12 16:30:34.000000000 -0400
+++ checkpolicy-1.27.19/Makefile 2005-12-01 15:00:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
-mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man8
install -m 755 $(TARGETS) $(BINDIR)
install -m 644 checkpolicy.8 $(MANDIR)/man8
+ install -m 644 checkmodule.8 $(MANDIR)/man8
relabel: install
/sbin/restorecon $(BINDIR)/checkpolicy
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