snippetbashTip
chcon — Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. See also: `secon`, `restorecon`, `se
Viewed 0 times
commandchconsecurityclichangefileselinuxcontext
linux
Problem
How to use the
chcon command: Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. See also: secon, restorecon, semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chcon-invocation.html>.Solution
chcon — Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. See also: secon, restorecon, semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chcon-invocation.html>.View security context of a file:
ls {{[-lZ|-l --context]}} {{path/to/file}}Change the security context of a target file, using a reference file:
chcon --reference {{reference_file}} {{target_file}}Change the full SELinux security context of a file:
chcon {{user}}:{{role}}:{{type}}:{{range/level}} {{filename}}Change only the user part of SELinux security context:
chcon {{[-u|--user]}} {{user}} {{filename}}Change only the role part of SELinux security context:
chcon {{[-r|--role]}} {{role}} {{filename}}Change only the type part of SELinux security context:
chcon {{[-t|--type]}} {{type}} {{filename}}Change only the range/level part of SELinux security context:
chcon {{[-l|--range]}} {{range/level}} {{filename}}Code Snippets
View security context of a file
ls {{[-lZ|-l --context]}} {{path/to/file}}Change the security context of a target file, using a reference file
chcon --reference {{reference_file}} {{target_file}}Change the full SELinux security context of a file
chcon {{user}}:{{role}}:{{type}}:{{range/level}} {{filename}}Change only the user part of SELinux security context
chcon {{[-u|--user]}} {{user}} {{filename}}Change only the role part of SELinux security context
chcon {{[-r|--role]}} {{role}} {{filename}}Context
tldr-pages: linux/chcon
Revisions (0)
No revisions yet.