NAME

       getsebool - get SELinux boolean value(s)

SYNOPSIS

       getsebool [-a] [boolean]

DESCRIPTION

       getsebool  reports  whether  a  particular  SELinux  boolean, or all SELinux booleans, are on or off.  In
       certain situations a boolean can be in one state with a pending change to the other state. getsebool will
       report this as a pending change.  The pending value indicates the value that will  be  applied  upon  the
       next boolean commit.

       The setting of boolean values occurs in two stages; first the pending value is changed, then the booleans
       are  committed,  causing  their  active  values  to  become  their pending values. This allows a group of
       booleans to be changed in a single transaction, by setting all of their pending  values  as  desired  and
       then committing once.

OPTIONS

       -a     Show all SELinux booleans.

EXAMPLE

       Show current state of httpd_can_connect_ftp
       # getsebool httpd_can_connect_ftp

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Dan  Walsh  <dwalsh@redhat.com>.  The program was written by Tresys
       Technology.

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), setsebool(8), booleans(8)

dwalsh@redhat.com                                  11 Aug 2004                                      getsebool(8)