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

Synopsis

chcon [--help] [--dereference] [-h|--no-dereference] [--preserve-root] [--no-preserve-root] [--reference] [-u|--user] [-r|--role] [-t|--type] [-l|--range] [-R|--recursive] [-H ] [-L ] [-P ] [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version] [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.

Options

--help

Print help information.

--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.

--preserve-root

Fail to operate recursively on '/'.

--no-preserve-root

Do not treat '/' specially (the default).

--reference=RFILE

Use security context of RFILE, rather than specifying a CONTEXT value.

-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.

-R,  --recursive

Operate on files and directories recursively.

-H

If a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it. Only valid when -R is specified.

-L

Traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered. Only valid when -R is specified.

-P

Do not traverse any symbolic links (default). Only valid when -R is specified.

-v,  --verbose

Output a diagnostic for every file processed.

-V,  --version

Print version

[FILE]

Version

v0.0.27

Info

chcon 0.0.27