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NAME

6       chcon - change file SELinux security context
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SYNOPSIS

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

14       Change  the  SELinux  security  context  of each FILE to CONTEXT.  With
15       --reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.
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17       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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20       --dereference
21              affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default),
22              rather than the symbolic link itself
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24       -h, --no-dereference
25              affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
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27       -u, --user=USER
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30       -r, --role=ROLE
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36       -l, --range=RANGE
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39       --no-preserve-root
40              do not treat '/' specially (the default)
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42       --preserve-root
43              fail to operate recursively on '/'
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45       --reference=RFILE
46              use RFILE's security context rather than  specifying  a  CONTEXT
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49       -R, --recursive
50              operate on files and directories recursively
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52       -v, --verbose
53              output a diagnostic for every file processed
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55       The  following  options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R
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59       -H     if  a  command  line argument is a symbolic link to a directory,
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64       -P     do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
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66       --help display this help and exit
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68       --version
69              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

72       Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

75       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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79       Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
80       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
81       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
82       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

85       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon>
86       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chcon invocation'
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