1setfiles(8)                                                        setfiles(8)
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NAME

6       setfiles - set file SELinux security contexts.
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SYNOPSIS

10       setfiles  [-c  policy  ]  [-d] [-l] [-n] [-e directory ] [-o filename ]
11       [-q] [-s] [-v] [-vv] [-W] [-F] spec_file pathname...
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DESCRIPTION

14       This manual page describes the setfiles program.
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16       This program is primarily used to initialize the security context data‐
17       base (extended attributes) on one or more filesystems.  This program is
18       initially run as part of the SE Linux installation process.
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20       It can also be run at any time to correct errors, to  add  support  for
21       new  policy,  or  with the -n option it can just check whether the file
22       contexts are all as you expect.
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OPTIONS

26       -c     check the validity of the contexts against the specified  binary
27              policy.
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29       -d     show what specification matched each file.
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31       -l     log changes in file labels to syslog.
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33       -n     don't change any file labels.
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35       -p     show progress by printing * every 1000 files.
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37       -q     suppress non-error output.
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39       -r rootpath
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43              directory  to  exclude  (repeat  option for more than one direc‐
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46       -F     Force reset of context to match  file_context  for  customizable
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50              save list of files with incorrect context in filename.
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52       -s     take  a  list  of  files  from standard input instead of using a
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60       -W     display warnings about entries that had no matching files.
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62       -0     Input  items  are  terminated  by a null character instead of by
63              whitespace,  and the quotes and backslash are not special (every
64              character is taken literally).  Disables the end of file string,
65              which  is  treated  like  any other argument.  Useful when input
66              items  might  contain  white  space,  quote   marks,   or  back‐
67              slashes.The  GNU  find  -print0  option produces input  suitable
68              for this mode.
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ARGUMENTS

72       spec_file  The specification file which contains lines of the following
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74       regexp [ -type ] ( context | <<none>> )
75       The regular expression is anchored at both  ends.   The  optional  type
76       field  specifies  the file type as shown in the mode field by the ls(1)
77       program, e.g. -- to match only regular files or -d to match only direc‐
78       tories.   The context can be an ordinary security context or the string
79       <<none>> to specify that the file is not to have its context changed.
80       The last matching specification is used. If  there  are  multiple  hard
81       links  to a file that match different specifications and those specifi‐
82       cations indicate different security contexts, then a  warning  is  dis‐
83       played  but the file is still labeled based on the last matching speci‐
84       fication other than <<none>>.
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86       pathname...
87              The pathname for the root directory of each file  system  to  be
88              relabeled.  Not used if the -s option is used.
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AUTHOR

92       This man page was written by Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>.  The
93       program was written by Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>
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SEE ALSO

97       load_policy(8), checkpolicy(8)
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