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LOAD_POLICY(8)           System Manager's Manual           LOAD_POLICY(8)
       load_policy - load a new SELinux policy into the kernel
       load_policy [-qi]
       load_policy loads the installed policy file into the kernel.  The
       existing policy boolean values are automatically preserved across
       policy reloads rather than being reset to the default values in
       the policy file.
       -q     suppress warning messages.
       -i     initial policy load. Only use this if this is the first
              time policy is being loaded since boot (usually called from
              initramfs).
       0      Success
       1      Invalid option
       2      Policy load failed
       3      Initial policy load failed and enforcing mode requested
       booleans(8)
       This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.
       The program was written by Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>.
       This page is part of the selinux (Security-Enhanced Linux user-
       space libraries and tools) project.  Information about the project
       can be found at ⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki⟩.
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Security Enhanced Linux          May 2003                  LOAD_POLICY(8)
Pages that refer to this page: booleans(8), restorecon(8), setfiles(8)