SEMODULE_PACKAGE(8)

✨ semodule_package — the System Manager's Manual glow-up ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is semodule_package(8) and she is literally the girl who wraps your policy module up all pretty so the system will actually accept it 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

semodule_package — Create a SELinux policy module package.

like. that's the whole job. she makes packages. periodt.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

semodule_package -o <output file> -m <module> [-f <file contexts>]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so semodule_package is THE tool for making a SELinux policy module package. you feed her a binary policy module, and optionally some other lil extras like file contexts, and she boxes it all up 💖

she packages binary policy modules that were made by checkmodule. and then? the policy package she spits out can be installed via semodule. that's the pipeline, bestie. that's the vibe. 🫶

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⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

# Build a policy package for a base module.
$ semodule_package -o base.pp -m base.mod -f file_contexts
# Build a policy package for a httpd module.
$ semodule_package -o httpd.pp -m httpd.mod -f httpd.fc
# Build a policy package for local TE rules and no file contexts.
$ semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod

see how the third one has no -f? that's her being flexible. no file contexts, no problem. icon behavior honestly. 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -o, --outfile <output file> — the policy module package file that this tool generates. this is the main character output. she's the one you're here for 💖
• -s, --seuser <seuser file> — an seuser file to be included in the package. pop it in, bestie.
• -u, --user_extra <user extra file> — a user_extra file to be included in the package. yes, also goes in the package. we love a package with layers ✨
• -m, --module <Module file> — the policy module file to be included in the package. this is kinda the whole point tbh 🔥
• -f, --fc <File context file> — the file contexts file for the module. and listen — it's optional. no pressure, no cap.
• -n, --nc <netfilter context file> — a netfilter context file to be included in the package. netfilter girlies, this one's for you 🌈
• -h, --help — show the help message. when in doubt, ask her directly 🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

checkmodule(8), semodule(8), semodule_unpackage(8)

go read those too, iykyk 🦋

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

this manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. the program was written by Karl MacMillan <kmacmillan@tresys.com>

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ok that's the whole page, bestie!! she's from Security Enhanced Linux, dated Nov 2005, and she's still serving looks. mwah 💋 go build something iconic 🍓✨