is_selinux_enabled(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the SELinux API documentation corner of the man pages 💖 today we're talking about is_selinux_enabled — the little function that checks whether SELinux is enabled 🫶

• is_selinux_enabled — check whether SELinux is enabled

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✨ NAME ✨

and like, there's a second one too because of course there is 💅

• is_selinux_mls_enabled — check whether SELinux is enabled for (Multi Level Security) MLS

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the vibe, copy it exactly bestie:

#include <selinux/selinux.h>

int is_selinux_enabled(void);

int is_selinux_mls_enabled(void);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so is_selinux_enabled() is giving very simple main character energy: it returns 1 if SELinux is running, or 0 if it is not. that's it. that's the whole thing. periodt ✨

and is_selinux_mls_enabled()? it returns 1 if SELinux is capable of running in MLS mode, or 0 if it is not. no cap. 🎀

lowkey important side quest: if you actually wanna figure out the policy in use on the system, use selinux_getpolicytype(3) instead 👑 don't come for this function for that, it's not its job.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• selinux(8)

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and that's a wrap, my love 💜 this little page was brought to you by russell@coker.com.au, dated 7 Mar 2010, and it's the is_selinux_enabled(3) page from the SELinux API documentation — slay, go check your SELinux status bestie 💅✨