matchpathcon - Man Page

• Lookup the persistent security context setting of an absolute path: matchpathcon /path/to/file
• Restrict lookup to settings on a specific file type: matchpathcon -m file|dir|pipe|chr_file|blk_file|lnk_file|sock_file /path/to/file
• [V]erify that the persistent and current security context of a path agree: matchpathcon -V /path/to/file

tldr.sh

matchpathcon [-V] [-N] [-n] [-m type] [-f file_contexts_file] [-p prefix] [-P policy_root_path] filepath...

matchpathcon queries the system policy and outputs the default security context associated with the filepath.

Note: Identical paths can have different security contexts, depending on the file type (regular file, directory, link file, char file ...).

matchpathcon will also take the file type into consideration in determining the default security context if the file exists. If the file does not exist, no file type matching will occur.

-m type

Force file type for the lookup. Valid types are file, dir, pipe, chr_file, blk_file, lnk_file, sock_file

-n

Do not display path

-N

Do not use translations

-f file_context_file

Use alternate file_context file

-p prefix

Use prefix to speed up translations

-P policy_root_path

Use alternate policy root path

-V

Verify file context on disk matches defaults

Show the default label of sock_file cups.sock
# matchpathcon -m sock_file /var/run/cups/cups.sock
Verify that /var/www/html directory is labeled correctly (the content of the folder is not checked)
# matchpathcon -V /var/www/html

This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.

selinux(8), matchpathcon(3)