chcon

chcon [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

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

--version, -V

Print version information

--dereference

Affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself.

--no-dereference, -h

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.

--user=<USER>, -u <USER>

Set user USER in the target security context.

--role=<ROLE>, -r <ROLE>

Set role ROLE in the target security context.

--type=<TYPE>, -t <TYPE>

Set type TYPE in the target security context.

--range=<RANGE>, -l <RANGE>

Set range RANGE in the target security context.

--recursive, -R

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.

--verbose, -v

Output a diagnostic for every file processed.