CHCON
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 security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With −−reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.
−−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
−−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.
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−H
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if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
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−L
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traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
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−P
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do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
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−−help
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display this help and exit
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−−version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report chcon bugs to bug−coreutils AT gnu DOT org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report chcon translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2012 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
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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