1fixfiles(8)                                                        fixfiles(8)
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NAME

6       fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.
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SYNOPSIS

10       fixfiles  [-F]  [  -R  rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [ -C PREVI‐
11       OUS_FILECONTEXT ] [-l logfile ] [-o outputfile ] { check  |  restore  |
12       [-F] relabel | verify }"
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14       fixfiles  [-F]  [-l  logfile  ] [-o outputfile ] { check | restore|[-f]
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DESCRIPTION

19       This manual page describes the fixfiles script.
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21       This script is primarily used to correct the security context  database
22       (extended attributes) on filesystems.
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24       It  can  also be run at any time to relabel when adding support for new
25       policy, or  just check whether the file contexts are all as you expect.
26       By  default  it  will  relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file
27       systems as long as they do not have a security  context  mount  option.
28       You can use the -R flag to use rpmpackages as an alternative.
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OPTIONS

32       -l logfile
33              Save the output to the specified logfile
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36              Save  all  files  that  have  file_context that differs from the
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40       -F     Force  reset  of  context to match file_context for customizable
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44       -f     Don't prompt for removal of /tmp directory.
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47       -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...]
48              Use  the rpm database to discover all files within the specified
49              packages and restore the file contexts.  (-a will get all  files
50              in the RPM database).
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52       -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT
53              Run  a  diff  on  the PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT file to the currently
54              installed one, and restore the context of all affected files.
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ARGUMENTS

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60       check  print any incorrect file context labels,  showing  old  and  new
61              context, but do not change them.
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64              change any incorrect file context labels.
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67              Prompt for removal of contents of /tmp directory and then change
68              any incorrect file context labels to match the install file_con‐
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71       verify List  out  files  with incorrect file context labels, but do not
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75              List of files or directories trees that you wish to  check  file
76              context on.
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AUTHOR

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

85       setfiles(8),restorecon(8)
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