Rule version ALMA-09-042040 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25
Policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required for basic operation of an SELinux-enabled system.
These utilities include load_policy to load SELinux policies, setfile to label filesystems, newrole to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper context.
Verify AlmaLinux OS 9 has the policycoreutils package installed with the following command:
$ dnf list --installed policycoreutils
policycoreutils.x86_64 3.5-1.el9 @anaconda
If the "policycoreutils" package is not installed, this is a finding.
The policycoreutils package can be installed with the following command:
$ dnf install policycoreutils