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chcon(1)


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

AUTHOR

   Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report chcon translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
   GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

SEE ALSO

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chcon invocation'



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