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+#!/bin/bash
+# +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+# |             ____ _               _        __  __ _  __           |
+# |            / ___| |__   ___  ___| | __   |  \/  | |/ /           |
+# |           | |   | '_ \ / _ \/ __| |/ /   | |\/| | ' /            |
+# |           | |___| | | |  __/ (__|   <    | |  | | . \            |
+# |            \____|_| |_|\___|\___|_|\_\___|_|  |_|_|\_\           |
+# |                                                                  |
+# | Copyright Mathias Kettner 2014             mk@mathias-kettner.de |
+# +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+#
+# This file is part of Check_MK.
+# The official homepage is at http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk.
+#
+# check_mk is free software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the  terms of the  GNU General Public License  as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation in version 2.  check_mk is  distributed
+# in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;  with-
+# out even the implied warranty of  MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS FOR A
+# PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the  GNU General Public License for more de-
+# tails. You should have  received  a copy of the  GNU  General Public
+# License along with GNU Make; see the file  COPYING.  If  not,  write
+# to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St,  Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Check SELinux status
+
+# SELinux has three modes:
+# - permissive
+# - enforcing
+# - disabled
+
+# we are not looking at SELINUXPOLICY - although it may be of interest
+# in the future
+
+if command sestatus > /dev/null ; then
+    # Selinux status
+    echo '<<<selinux>>>'
+    sestatus | grep "SELinux status:" | awk '{print $3}'
+    # the current mode
+    sestatus | grep "Current mode:" | awk '{print $3}'
+    # the mode from file
+    sestatus | grep "Mode from config file:" | awk '{print $5}'
+fi