chcon - change file security context

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NAME

chcon − change file 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