selinuxenabled
Check if SELinux is enabled on the system
TLDR
Check if SELinux is enabled (no output)
$ selinuxenabled
Check and print result$ selinuxenabled && echo "SELinux is enabled" || echo "SELinux is disabled"
Use in shell script conditionally$ if selinuxenabled; then echo "SELinux is running"; fi
SYNOPSIS
selinuxenabled
DESCRIPTION
selinuxenabled checks whether SELinux is enabled on the system. It produces no output but returns exit code 0 if SELinux is enabled, and 1 if it is disabled.This is useful for scripts that need to conditionally execute commands based on SELinux status.
INSTALL
sudo apt install selinux-utils
sudo dnf install libselinux-utils
sudo apk add libselinux-utils
CAVEATS
Only checks if SELinux is enabled, not whether it's in enforcing or permissive mode. Use getenforce for mode information.
HISTORY
Part of libselinux-utils, providing SELinux status checking utilities.
SEE ALSO
getenforce(1), setenforce(8), sestatus(8)