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/usr/bin/sestatus

SELinux policy core utilities

From policycoreutils 3.11-r3 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running sestatus --help (exit 255). permalink

/usr/bin/sestatus: invalid option -- '-'

Usage: sestatus [OPTION]

  -v  Verbose check of process and file contexts.
  -b  Display current state of booleans.

Without options, show SELinux status.
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-vDisplays the contexts of files and processes listed in the /etc/sestatus.conf file.help + man
-bDisplay the current state of booleans.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.