chcon — change file security context
chcon [OPTION...] CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION...] [ −u USER ] [ −r ROLE ] [ −l RANGE ] [ −t TYPE ] FILE...
chcon [OPTION...] −−reference=RFILE FILE...
Change the security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With
−−reference, change
the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.
−c, −−changeslike verbose but report only when a change is made
−h, −−no−dereferenceaffect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
−−reference=RFILEuse RFILE's security context rather than specifying a CONTEXT value
−R, −−recursiveoperate on files and directories recursively
−v, −−verboseoutput a diagnostic for every file processed
−u, −−user=USERset user USER in the target security context
−r, −−role=ROLEset role ROLE in the target security context
−t, −−type=TYPEset type TYPE in the target security context
−l, −−range=RANGEset range RANGE in the target security context
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.
−Hif a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
−Ltraverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
−Pdo not traverse any symbolic links (default)
−−helpdisplay this help and exit
−−versionoutput version information and exit
The full documentation for chcon is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chcon programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'chcon invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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