CHCON(1)                                  User Commands                                  CHCON(1)



NAME
       chcon - change file SELinux 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.

       -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

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

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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



chcon 5.2.1                                 July 2009                                    CHCON(1)