AA-LOAD(8) AppArmor AA-LOAD(8)

aa-load - load precompiled AppArmor policy from cache location(s)

aa-load [options] (cache file|cache dir|cache base dir)+

aa-load loads precompiled AppArmor policy from the specified locations.

aa-load accepts the following arguments:

Force aa-load to load a policy even if its abi does not match the kernel abi.
Display debug messages.
Display progress and error messages.
Do not actually load the specified policy/policies into the kernel.
Display a brief usage guide.

Upon exiting, aa-load returns 0 upon success and 1 upon an error loading the precompiled policy.

If you find any bugs, please report them at https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/issues.

apparmor(7), apparmor.d(5), apparmor_parser(8), and https://wiki.apparmor.net.

2025-04-16 AppArmor 4.1.0