SEMODULE_PACKAGE(8)
π SEMODULE_PACKAGE(8) π
okay bestie, welcome to the SEMODULE_PACKAGE(8) manual page β she's giving System Manager's Manual energy and honestly? iconic. π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
semodule_unpackage β extract the policy module file and the file context file out of an SELinux policy module package. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
semodule_unpackage ppfile modfile [fcfile]
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
so basically, semodule_unpackage is the little tool that pops open an SELinux Policy Package and pulls out two things for you:
- the SELinux policy module file π¦
- the file context file ποΈ
lowkey a whole unboxing video, no cap. it's giving "package, but make it contents". β¨
β¨ EXAMPLE β¨
here's the vibe β extracting the httpd module file from the httpd policy package:
# Extract the httpd module file from httpd policy package.
$ semodule_unpackage httpd.pp httpd.mod httpd.fc
see how easy? ate that fr fr π₯
β¨ SEE ALSO β¨
semodule_package(8)β the other half of the duo, go say hi π
β¨ AUTHORS β¨
- this manual page was written by Dan Walsh
<dwalsh@redhat.com>π - the program was written by Stephen Smalley
<stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>π»
and that's the whole page, bestie!! this beauty came from Security Enhanced Linux and she's dated Nov 2005 β vintage queen behavior, still slaying πβ¨ππ¦ no cap, mwah π
π¦ where this page comes from
- alpine 3.24: semodule-utils-doc 3.10-r0 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- centos-stream 10: policycoreutils 3.11-1.el10 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- centos-stream 9: policycoreutils 3.6-9.el9 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: semodule-utils 3.8.1-1
- fedora 43: policycoreutils 3.9-5.fc43 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- fedora 43: policycoreutils 3.9-7.fc43 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- fedora 44: policycoreutils 3.10-1.fc44 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- fedora 44: policycoreutils 3.11-2.fc44 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- nixos 26.05: semodule-utils 3.10
- nixpkgs unstable: semodule-utils 3.11
- opensuse-leap 16.0: policycoreutils 3.8.1-160000.5.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: policycoreutils 3.8.1-160000.5.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: policycoreutils 3.8.1-160000.5.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: policycoreutils 3.8.1-160000.5.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: semodule-utils 3.8.1-1
- ubuntu resolute: semodule-utils 3.9-1
- ubuntu stonking: semodule-utils 3.11-1
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