chcon(1)

💅 chcon(1) — the glow-up your SELinux security contexts have been waiting for

okay bestie, listen. this is chcon, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section (that's chcon(1) if you're keeping receipts 📝). she does one thing and she does it iconically: she changes the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. and if you pass --reference? she changes the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE instead. no cap. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

chcon — Change the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With --reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

chcon [--dereference] [-h|--no-dereference] [--help] [--preserve-root]
[--no-preserve-root] [--reference] [-u|--user] [-r|--role] [-t|--type]
[-l|--range] [-R|--recursive] [-H ] [-L ] [-P ] [-v|--verbose]
[-V|--version] [FILE]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea ☕: chcon changes the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. that's the whole main character arc.

but if you're feeling like copying someone else's vibe — pass --reference and she'll change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE instead. matching fits, bestie 🫶

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• --dereference — affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default, so she's already doing this unless you say otherwise), rather than the symbolic link itself.
• -h, --no-dereference — affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file. she's looking at the link herself, not who it's pointing at 👀
• --help — help
• --preserve-root — fail to operate recursively on '/'. like, she refuses. protective queen behavior 👑
• --no-preserve-root — do not treat '/' specially (this is the default).
• --reference <RFILE> — use the security context of RFILE, rather than specifying a CONTEXT value. copy her outfit, don't build your own 💅
• -u, --user <USER> — set user USER in the target security context.
• -r, --role <ROLE> — set role ROLE in the target security context.
• -t, --type <TYPE> — set type TYPE in the target security context.
• -l, --range <RANGE> — set range RANGE in the target security context.
• -R, --recursive — operate on files and directories recursively. she goes deep 🌀
• -H — if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it. Only valid when -R is specified.
• -L — traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered. Only valid when -R is specified.
• -P — do not traverse any symbolic links (default). Only valid when -R is specified.
• -v, --verbose — output a diagnostic for every file processed. she will narrate. every. single. file. 🗣️
• -V, --version — print version
• [FILE] — the file(s) in question, bestie

fr fr, don't forget: -H, -L and -P are only valid when -R is specified. no -R, no traversal drama 💀

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💜 this was chcon (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0, page chcon(1), and she ate. now go fix those security contexts, you gorgeous little sysadmin 🧚✨🍓