1SECON(1)                              NSA                             SECON(1)
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NAME

6       secon - See an SELinux context, from a file, program or user input.
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SYNOPSIS

9       secon [-hVurtscmPRfLp] [CONTEXT]
10       [--file] FILE
11       [--link] FILE
12       [--pid] PID
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DESCRIPTION

15       See  a  part  of a context. The context is taken from a file, pid, user
16       input or the context in which secon is originally executed.
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18       -V, --version
19              shows the current version of secon
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21       -h, --help
22              shows the usage information for secon
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24       -P, --prompt
25              outputs data in a format suitable for a prompt
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27       -u, --user
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30       -r, --role
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36       -s, --sensitivity
37              show the sensitivity level of the security context
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39       -c, --clearance
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42       -m, --mls-range
43              show the sensitivity level and clearance, as  a  range,  of  the
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46       -R, --raw
47              outputs   the sensitivity level and clearance in an untranslated
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50       -f, --file
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53       -L, --link
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55              symlinks)
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57       -p, --pid
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60       --pid-exec
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63       --pid-fs
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66       --current, --self
67              gets the context from the current process
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69       --current-exec, --self-exec
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72       --current-fs, --self-fs
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75       --parent
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78       --parent-exec
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81       --parent-fs
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84       Additional  argument  CONTEXT  may  be  provided and will be used if no
85       options have been specified to make secon get it's context from another
86       source.   If  that  argument  is  -  then the context will be read from
87       stdin.
88       If there is no arugment, secon will try reading a context  from  stdin,
89       if  that  is  not  a tty, otherwise secon will act as though --self had
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92       If none of --user, --role, --type, --level or  --mls-range  is  passed.
93       Then all of them will be output.
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SEE ALSO

96       chcon (1)
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AUTHORS

99       James Antill (james.antill@redhat.com)
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103Security Enhanced Linux           April 2006                          SECON(1)