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Manual Reference Pages  - CHCON (1)

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chcon - change file SELinux security context

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Synopsis
Description

chcon [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

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
--reference=RFILE
	use RFILE’s context instead of using a CONTEXT value
-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
-R, --recursive
	change files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
	output a diagnostic for every file processed
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

Report bugs to <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>.

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

should give you access to the complete manual.

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