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aa-genprof — Generate AppArmor security profiles by monitoring program behavior. More information: <https://gitla

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Problem

How to use the aa-genprof command: Generate AppArmor security profiles by monitoring program behavior. More information: <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/wikis/manpage_aa-genprof.8>.

Solution

aa-genprof — Generate AppArmor security profiles by monitoring program behavior. More information: <https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/wikis/manpage_aa-genprof.8>.

Start generating a profile for a program:

sudo aa-genprof {{program_path}}

Specify a custom directory for profiles:

sudo aa-genprof {{[-d|--dir]}} /{{path/to/profiles}} {{program_path}}

Specify a custom logfile for profiling:

sudo aa-genprof {{[-f|--file]}} /{{path/to/logfile}} {{program_path}}

Display help:

aa-genprof {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Start generating a profile for a program

sudo aa-genprof {{program_path}}

Specify a custom directory for profiles

sudo aa-genprof {{[-d|--dir]}} /{{path/to/profiles}} {{program_path}}

Specify a custom logfile for profiling

sudo aa-genprof {{[-f|--file]}} /{{path/to/logfile}} {{program_path}}

Display help

aa-genprof {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/aa-genprof

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