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6 chcon - change file SELinux security context
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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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14 Change the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With
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18 affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default),
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21 -h, --no-dereference
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35 set user USER in the target security context
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46 The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R
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57 --help display this help and exit
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63 Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
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66 Report chcon bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
67 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
68 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
69 Report chcon translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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72 Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
73 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
74 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
75 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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78 The full documentation for chcon is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
79 the info and chcon programs are properly installed at your site, the
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88GNU coreutils 8.4 June 2018 CHCON(1)