NAME¶
fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.
SYNOPSIS¶
fixfiles [-F] [-l logfile ] { check | restore|[-f] relabel | verify }
[[dir/file] ... ]
fixfiles [-F] [ -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [-l logfile ]
{ check | restore | verify }
fixfiles [ -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore |
verify }
fixfiles onboot
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page describes the
fixfiles script.
This script is primarily used to correct the security context database (extended
attributes) on filesystems.
It can also be run at any time to relabel when adding support for new policy, or
just check whether the file contexts are all as you expect. By default it will
relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file systems as long as they do
not have a security context mount option. You can use the -R flag to use
rpmpackages as an alternative. The file /etc/selinux/fixfiles_exclude_dirs can
contain a list of directories excluded from relabelling.
fixfiles onboot will setup the machine to relabel on the next reboot.
OPTIONS¶
- -l logfile
- Save the output to the specified logfile
- -F
- Force reset of context to match file_context for
customizable files
- -f
- Clear /tmp directory with out prompt for removal.
- -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...]
- Use the rpm database to discover all files within the
specified packages and restore the file contexts. (-a will get all files
in the RPM database).
- -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT
- Run a diff on the PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT file to the
currently installed one, and restore the context of all affected files.
ARGUMENTS¶
One of:
- check
- print any incorrect file context labels, showing old and
new context, but do not change them.
- restore
- change any incorrect file context labels.
- relabel
- Prompt for removal of contents of /tmp directory and then
change any incorrect file context labels to match the install
file_contexts file.
- verify
- List out files with incorrect file context labels, but do
not change them.
- [[dir/file] ... ]
- List of files or directories trees that you wish to check
file context on.
AUTHOR¶
This man page was written by Richard Hally <rhally@mindspring.com>. The
script was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
SEE ALSO¶
setfiles(8),
restorecon(8)