# man > aa-enabled(1)

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## NAME
       aa-enabled - test whether AppArmor is enabled

## SYNOPSIS
       **aa-enabled** [options]

## DESCRIPTION
       **aa-enabled** is used to determine if AppArmor is enabled.

## OPTIONS
       **aa-enabled** accepts the following arguments:

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

### -q, --quiet
           Do not output anything to stdout. This option is intended to be used by scripts that
           simply want to use the exit code to determine if AppArmor is enabled.

### -x, --exclusive
           Require AppArmor to have exclusive access to shared LSM interfaces to be considered
           enabled.

## EXIT STATUS
       Upon exiting, **aa-enabled** will set its exit status to the following values:

       **0**   if AppArmor is enabled.

       **1**   if AppArmor is not enabled/loaded.

       **2**   intentionally not used as an **aa-enabled** exit status.

       **3**   if the AppArmor control files aren't available under /sys/kernel/security/.

       **4**   if **aa-enabled** doesn't have enough privileges to read the apparmor control files.

       **10**  AppArmor is enabled but does not have access to shared LSM interfaces.

       **64**  if any unexpected error or condition is encountered.

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

## SEE ALSO
       [**apparmor**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apparmor/7/markdown), [**apparmor.d**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apparmor.d/5/markdown), **aa**___**is**___**[enabled**(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/enabled/2/markdown), and <<https://wiki.apparmor.net>>.



AppArmor 3.0.4                               2025-08-15                                [AA-ENABLED(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/AA-ENABLED/1/markdown)