chcon

linux

Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. See also: `secon`, `restorecon`, `semanage-fcontext`.

Options (5)

boolean

View security context of a file

Example: ls {{[-lZ|-l --context]}} {{path/to/file}}

-u, --userboolean

Change only the user part of SELinux security context

Example: chcon {{[-u|--user]}} {{user}} {{filename}}

-r, --roleboolean

Change only the role part of SELinux security context

Example: chcon {{[-r|--role]}} {{role}} {{filename}}

-t, --typeboolean

Change only the type part of SELinux security context

Example: chcon {{[-t|--type]}} {{type}} {{filename}}

-l, --rangeboolean

Change only the range/level part of SELinux security context

Example: chcon {{[-l|--range]}} {{range/level}} {{filename}}

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