Manual: chcon

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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.

SYNOPSIS
       chcon [--dereference] [-h|--no-dereference] [--help] [--preserve-root] [--no-preserve-root] [--refer‐
       ence] [-u|--user] [-r|--role] [-t|--type] [-l|--range] [-R|--recursive] [-H ] [-L ] [-P ]  [-v|--ver‐
       bose] [-V|--version] [FILE]

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

OPTIONS
       --dereference
	      Affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link
	      itself.

       -h, --no-dereference
	      Affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file.

       --help help

       --preserve-root
	      Fail to operate recursively on '/'.

       --no-preserve-root
	      Do not treat '/' specially (the default).

       --reference 
	      Use security context of RFILE, rather than specifying a CONTEXT value.

       -u, --user 
	      Set user USER in the target security context.

       -r, --role 
	      Set role ROLE in the target security context.

       -t, --type 
	      Set type TYPE in the target security context.

       -l, --range 
	      Set range RANGE in the target security context.

       -R, --recursive
	      Operate on files and directories recursively.

       -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.

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [FILE]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

						 2026-04-16					    CHCON(1)