chcon

Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories.

• 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}

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