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selinux chcon

I am looking for a man page, --help or an info page on a redhat 5 system that gives me a clear example of how to use the chcon command. I forget the syntax and at work I am on a network that does not permit us checking on the web.

redhat 5+

Gerwin Jansen

http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/chcon1.html

CHCON(1)                         User Commands                        CHCON(1)




NAME

       chcon - change security context


SYNOPSIS

       chcon [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
       chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...


DESCRIPTION

       Change the security context of each FILE to CONTEXT.

       -c, --changes
              like verbose but report only when a change is made

       -h, --no-dereference
              affect  symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available
              only on systems with lchown system call)

       -f, --silent, --quiet
              suppress most error messages

       -l, --range
              set range RANGE in the target security context

       --reference=RFILE
              use RFILE’s context instead of using a CONTEXT value

       -R, --recursive
              change files and directories recursively

       -r, --role
              set role ROLE in the target security context

       -t, --type
              set type TYPE in the target security context

       -u, --user
              set user USER in the target security context

       -v, --verbose
              output a diagnostic for every file processed

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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great job and sorry for me not getting back