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6 restorecon - restore file(s) default SELinux security contexts.
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10 restorecon [-o outfilename ] [-R] [-n] [-p] [-v] [-e directory ] path‐
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13 restorecon -f infilename [-o outfilename ] [-e directory ] [-R] [-n]
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18 This manual page describes the restorecon program.
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20 This program is primarily used to reset the security context (type)
21 (extended attributes) on one or more files.
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23 It can be run at any time to correct errors, to add support for new
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27 If a file object does not have a context, restorecon will write the
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62 pathname... The pathname for the file(s) to be relabeled.
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69 This man page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. Some of
70 the content of this man page was taken from the setfiles man page writ‐
71 ten by Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>. The program was written
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