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.
-h, --no-dereference | |
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file | |
--reference=RFILE | |
use RFILEs 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 | |
-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 | |
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. | |
-H | if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it |
-L | traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered |
-P | do not traverse any symbolic links (default) |
--help | display this help and exit |
--version | |
output version information and exit | |
AUTHOR
Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report chcon bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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' | |