chcon
Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon.
- View security context of a file:
ls -lZ path/to/file
- Change the security context of a target file, using a reference file:
chcon --reference=reference_file target_file
- Change the full SELinux security context of a file:
chcon user:role:type:range/level filename
- Change only the user part of SELinux security context:
chcon -u user filename
- Change only the role part of SELinux security context:
chcon -r role filename
- Change only the type part of SELinux security context:
chcon -t type filename
- Change only the range/level part of SELinux security context:
chcon -l range/level filename