chcon(1)

GNU coreutils 8.32

March 2020

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NAME

chcon - change file SELinux security context

SYNOPSIS

chcon [\,OPTION\/]... \,CONTEXT FILE\/...
chcon [\,OPTION\/]... [\,-u USER\/] [\,-r ROLE\/] [\,-l RANGE\/] [\,-t TYPE\/] \,FILE\/...
chcon [\,OPTION\/]... \,--reference=RFILE FILE\/...

DESCRIPTION

Change the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With --reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

--dereference
	affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
-h, --no-dereference
	affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
-u, --user=\,USER\/
	set user USER in the target security context
-r, --role=\,ROLE\/
	set role ROLE in the target security context
-t, --type=\,TYPE\/
	set type TYPE in the target security context
-l, --range=\,RANGE\/
	set range RANGE in the target security context
--no-preserve-root
	do not treat ’/’ specially (the default)
--preserve-root
	fail to operate recursively on ’/’
--reference=\,RFILE\/
	use RFILE’s security context rather than specifying a CONTEXT value
-R, --recursive
	operate on files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
	output a diagnostic for every file processed
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the final one takes effect.
-H	if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
-L	traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
-P	do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

REFERENCED BY

secon(1)