1searchcon(1) General Commands Manual searchcon(1)
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6 searchcon - SELinux file context index searching tool
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9 searchcon INDEX [OPTIONS] [EXPRESSION]
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12 searchcon allows the user to search a file context index created by
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16 The following options allow the user to specify which files to print.
17 A file must meet all specified criteria. If no expression is provided,
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20 -t TYPE, --type=TYPE
21 Search for files with a context containing the type TYPE.
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23 -u USER, --user=USER
24 Search for files with a context containing the user USER.
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26 -m RANGE, --mls-range=RANGE
27 Search for files with a context with the MLS range of RANGE.
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33 Search only files of object class CLASS.
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38 -R, --regex
39 Search using regular expressions instead of exact string match‐
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57 file, dir, lnk_file, chr_file, blk_file, sock_file, fifo_file
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60 This manual page was written by Jeremy A. Mowery <kcarr@tresys.com>.
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63 Copyright(C) 2003-2007 Tresys Technology, LLC
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66 Please report bugs via an email to setools-bugs@tresys.com.
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69 findcon(1), replcon(1), indexcon(1), apol(1)
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