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.TH CHCON "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
chcon \- change file security context
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chcon
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fICONTEXT FILE\fR...
.br
.B chcon
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-u USER\fR] [\fI-r ROLE\fR] [\fI-l RANGE\fR] [\fI-t TYPE\fR] \fIFILE\fR...
.br
.B chcon
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Change the security context of each FILE to CONTEXT.
With \fB\-\-reference\fR, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
.TP
\fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIRFILE\fR
use RFILE's security context rather than specifying
a CONTEXT value
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
operate on files and directories recursively
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
output a diagnostic for every file processed
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR=\fIUSER\fR
set user USER in the target security context
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-role\fR=\fIROLE\fR
set role ROLE in the target security context
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type\fR=\fITYPE\fR
set type TYPE in the target security context
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-range\fR=\fIRANGE\fR
set range RANGE in the target security context
.PP
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the \fB\-R\fR
option is also specified.  If more than one is specified, only the final
one takes effect.
.TP
\fB\-H\fR
if a command line argument is a symbolic link
to a directory, traverse it
.TP
\fB\-L\fR
traverse every symbolic link to a directory
encountered
.TP
\fB\-P\fR
do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report chcon bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report chcon translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B chcon
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B chcon
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqchcon invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.