Manual: aa-load

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

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

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

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

OPTIONS
       aa-load accepts the following arguments:

       -f, --force
	   Force aa-load to load a policy even if its abi does not match the kernel abi.

       -d, --debug
	   Display debug messages.

       -v, --verbose
	   Display progress and error messages.

       -n, --dry-run
	   Do not actually load the specified policy/policies into the kernel.

       -h, --help
	   Display a brief usage guide.

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

BUGS
       If you find any bugs, please report them at .

SEE ALSO
       apparmor(7), apparmor.d(5), apparmor_parser(8), and .

AppArmor 5.0.0~beta1					 2026-04-08						  AA-LOAD(8)