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\/...
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.
REPORTING BUGS
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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.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon>
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) chcon invocation\(aq
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) chcon invocation\(aq