setfiles

linux

Set SELinux file security contexts based on policy rules. Similar to `restorecon` but reads contexts from a file_contexts file. See also: `restorecon`, `semanage-fcontext`, `fixfiles`.

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Options (4)

-v, --verboseboolean

Set file contexts recursively and show changes

Example: sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts {{path/to/directory}} {{[-v|--verbose]}}

-n, --nochangeboolean

Preview what would be changed without actually modifying contexts

Example: sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts {{path/to/directory}} {{[-n|--nochange]}}

-F, --forceboolean

Set file contexts and verify them

Example:

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts {{path/to/directory}} {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{[-F|--force]}}

-r, --rootpathboolean

Use a specific root path for context matching

Example:

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts {{path/to/new_directory}} {{[-r|--rootpath]}} {{path/to/old_directory}}

Examples (5)

Set file contexts according to the default policy file

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts path/to/directory

Set file contexts recursively and show changes

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts path/to/directory [-v|--verbose]

Preview what would be changed without actually modifying contexts

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts path/to/directory [-n|--nochange]

Set file contexts and verify them

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts path/to/directory [-v|--verbose] [-F|--force]

Use a specific root path for context matching

sudo setfiles /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts path/to/new_directory [-r|--rootpath] path/to/old_directory

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