SELinux/chcon

CHCON(1)                         User Commands                        CHCON(1)

NAME
chcon - change security context

SYNOPSIS
chcon [OPTION] ... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION] ... --reference=RFILE FILE...

DESCRIPTION
Change the security context of each FILE to CONTEXT.

-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made

-h, --no-dereference
affect  symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available
only on systems with lchown system call)

-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error messages

-l, --range
set range RANGE in the target security context

--reference=RFILE
use RFILE's context instead of using a CONTEXT value

-R, --recursive
change files and directories recursively

-r, --role
set role ROLE in the target security context

-t, --type
set type TYPE in the target security context

-u, --user
set user USER in the target security context

-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <email@host.com>.

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 chcon

should give you access to the complete manual.

chcon (coreutils) 5.0              July 2003                          CHCON(1)