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6 fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.
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10 fixfiles [-F] [-l logfile ] { check | restore|[-f] relabel | verify }
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13 fixfiles [-F] [ -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [-l logfile ] {
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16 fixfiles [ -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore |
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23 This manual page describes the fixfiles script.
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25 This script is primarily used to correct the security context database
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30 By default it will relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file
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84 The script was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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