1fixfiles(8)                                                        fixfiles(8)
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NAME

6       fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.
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SYNOPSIS

10       fixfiles [-v] [-F] [-f] relabel
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12       fixfiles [-v] [-F] { check | restore | verify } dir/file ...
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14       fixfiles [-v] [-F] [-B | -N time ] { check | restore | verify }
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16       fixfiles [-v] [-F] -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] { check |
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19       fixfiles [-v] [-F] -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT { check | restore | verify }
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21       fixfiles [-F] [-B] onboot
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DESCRIPTION

26       This manual page describes the fixfiles script.
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28       This script is primarily used to correct the security context  database
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31       It  can  also be run at any time to relabel when adding support for new
32       policy, or  just check whether the file contexts are all as you expect.
33       By  default  it  will  relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file
34       systems as long as they do not have a security  context  mount  option.
35       You can use the -R flag to use rpmpackages as an alternative.  The file
36       /etc/selinux/fixfiles_exclude_dirs can contain a  list  of  directories
37       excluded from relabeling.
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39       fixfiles onboot will setup the machine to relabel on the next reboot.
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OPTIONS

43       -B     If  specified with onboot, this fixfiles will record the current
44              date in the /.autorelabel file, so that it can be used later  to
45              speed  up  labeling. If used with restore, the restore will only
46              affect files that were modified today.
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48       -F     Force reset of context to match  file_context  for  customizable
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52       -f     Clear /tmp directory with out prompt for removal.
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55       -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...]
56              Use  the rpm database to discover all files within the specified
57              packages and restore the file contexts.
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59       -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT
60              Run a diff on  the PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT file  to  the  currently
61              installed one, and restore the context of all affected files.
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65              Only  act  on files created after the specified date.  Date must
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67              passed to find --newermt command.
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70       -v     Modify  verbosity from progress to verbose. (Run restorecon with
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ARGUMENTS

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77       check  print any incorrect file context labels,  showing  old  and  new
78              context, but do not change them.
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84              Prompt for removal of contents of /tmp directory and then change
85              any incorrect file context labels to match the install file_con‐
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88       verify List  out  files  with incorrect file context labels, but do not
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92              List of files or directories trees that you wish to  check  file
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AUTHOR

97       This  man  page  was  written by Richard Hally <rhally@mindspring.com>.
98       The script  was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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SEE ALSO

102       setfiles(8), restorecon(8)
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