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restorecon — Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: `sema

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Problem

How to use the restorecon command: Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://manned.org/restorecon>.

Solution

restorecon — Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://manned.org/restorecon>.

View the current security context of a file or directory:
ls {{[-dlZ|--directory -l --context]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}


Restore the security context of a file or directory:
restorecon {{path/to/file_or_directory}}


Restore the security context of a directory recursively, and show all changed labels:
restorecon -R -v {{path/to/directory}}


Restore the security context of a directory recursively, using all available threads, and show progress:
restorecon -R -T {{0}} -p {{path/to/directory}}


Preview the label changes that would happen without applying them:
restorecon -R -n -v {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

View the current security context of a file or directory

ls {{[-dlZ|--directory -l --context]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Restore the security context of a file or directory

restorecon {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Restore the security context of a directory recursively, and show all changed labels

restorecon -R -v {{path/to/directory}}

Restore the security context of a directory recursively, using all available threads, and show progress

restorecon -R -T {{0}} -p {{path/to/directory}}

Preview the label changes that would happen without applying them

restorecon -R -n -v {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/restorecon

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