secilc/secilc.8.xml

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   <refentryinfo>
      <author>
         <firstname>Richard</firstname><surname>Haines</surname><contrib></contrib>
      </author>
   </refentryinfo>

   <refmeta>
      <refentrytitle>SECILC</refentrytitle>
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      <refmiscinfo class="date">18 February 2015</refmiscinfo>
      <refmiscinfo class="source">secilc</refmiscinfo>
      <refmiscinfo class="manual">SELinux CIL Compiler</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
   <refnamediv id="name">
      <refname>secilc</refname>
      <refpurpose>invoke the SELinux Common Intermediate Language (CIL) Compiler</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>

   <refsynopsisdiv id="synopsis">
      <cmdsynopsis>
        <command>secilc</command>
          <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
          <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
      </cmdsynopsis>
   </refsynopsisdiv>

   <refsect1 id="description"><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
      <para><emphasis role="italic">secilc</emphasis> invokes the CIL compiler with the specified <emphasis role="italic">argument</emphasis>s to build a kernel binary policy. A <emphasis role="bold">file_contexts</emphasis> file will also be built as described in the <emphasis role="bold">FILE FORMAT</emphasis> section of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>file_contexts</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 id="options"><title>OPTIONS</title>
      <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-o, --output=&lt;file></option></term>
            <listitem><para>Write binary policy to <emphasis role="italic">file</emphasis> (default: policy.<emphasis role="italic">version</emphasis>)</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-f, --filecontext=&lt;file></option></term>
            <listitem><para>Write file contexts to <emphasis role="italic">file</emphasis> (default: <emphasis role="bold">file_contexts</emphasis>)</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-t, --target=&lt;type></option></term>
            <listitem><para>Specify target architecture. May be <emphasis role="bold">selinux</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">xen</emphasis> (default: <emphasis role="bold">selinux</emphasis>)</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-M, --mls true|false</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Build an mls policy. Must be <emphasis role="bold">true</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">false</emphasis>. This will override the <emphasis role="bold">(mls <emphasis role="italic">boolean</emphasis></emphasis><emphasis role="bold">)</emphasis> statement if present in the policy.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-c, --policyvers=&lt;version></option></term>
            <listitem><para>Build a binary policy with a given <emphasis role="italic">version</emphasis> (default: depends on the systems SELinux policy <emphasis role="italic">version</emphasis>, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sestatus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>)</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-U, --handle-unknown=&lt;action></option></term>
            <listitem><para>How to handle unknown classes or permissions. May be <emphasis role="bold">deny</emphasis>, <emphasis role="bold">allow</emphasis>, or <emphasis role="bold">reject</emphasis> (default: <emphasis role="bold">deny</emphasis>). This will override the <emphasis role="bold">(handleunknown <emphasis role="italic">action</emphasis></emphasis><emphasis role="bold">)</emphasis> statement if present in the policy.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-D, --disable-dontaudit</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Do not add <emphasis role="bold">dontaudit</emphasis> rules to the binary policy.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-P, --preserve-tunables</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Treat tunables as booleans.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-Q, --qualified-names</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Allow names containing dots (qualified names). Blocks, blockinherits, blockabstracts, and in-statements will not be allowed.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-m, --multiple-decls</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Allow some statements to be re-declared.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-N, --disable-neverallow</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Do not check <emphasis role="bold">neverallow</emphasis> rules.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-G, --expand-generated</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Expand and remove auto-generated attributes</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-X, --attrs-size &lt;size></option></term>
            <listitem><para>Expand type attributes with fewer than <emphasis role="bold">&lt;SIZE></emphasis> members.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-O, --optimize</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Optimize final policy (remove redundant rules).</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-v, --verbose</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Increment verbosity level.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
            <term><option>-h, --help</option></term>
            <listitem><para>Display usage information.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 id="see_also"><title>SEE ALSO</title>
      <para>
      <simplelist type="inline">
         <member><citerefentry>
            <refentrytitle>file_contexts</refentrytitle>
            <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
         </citerefentry></member>
         <member><citerefentry>
            <refentrytitle>sestatus</refentrytitle>
            <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
         </citerefentry></member>
      </simplelist>
      </para>
      <para>HTML documentation describing the CIL language statements is available starting with <emphasis role="italic">docs/html/index.html</emphasis>.</para>
      <para>PDF documentation describing the CIL language statements is available at: <emphasis role="italic">docs/pdf/CIL_Reference_Guide.pdf</emphasis>.</para>
      <para>There is a CIL Design Wiki at: <ulink url="http://github.com/SELinuxProject/cil/wiki"></ulink> that describes the goals and features of the CIL language.</para>
   </refsect1>
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