restorecon_xattr - manage security.sehash extended attribute entries added by setfiles(8) or
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Arguments
pathname
the pathname of the directory tree to be searched.
Description
restorecon_xattr will display the SHA1 digests added to extended attributes security.sehash or delete the
attribute completely. These attributes are set by restorecon(8) or setfiles(8) to specified directories
when relabeling recursively.
restorecon_xattr is useful for managing the extended attribute entries particularly when users forget
what directories they ran restorecon(8) or setfiles(8) from.
RAMFS and TMPFS filesystems do not support the security.sehash extended attribute and are automatically
excluded from searches.
By default restorecon_xattr will display the SHA1 digests with "Match" appended if they match the default
specfile set or the specfile set used with the -f option. Non-matching SHA1 digests will be displayed
with "No Match" appended. This feature can be disabled by the -n option.
Example
List all paths that where assigned a checksum by "restorecon/setfiles -D"
# restorecon_xattr -r /
Remove all non-matching checksums
# restorecon_xattr -rd /
Name
restorecon_xattr - manage security.sehash extended attribute entries added by setfiles(8) or
restorecon(8).
Options
-d delete all non-matching security.sehash directory digest entries.
-D delete all security.sehash directory digest entries.
-m do not read /proc/mounts to obtain a list of non-seclabel mounts to be excluded from relabeling
checks.
Setting -m is useful where there is a non-seclabel fs mounted with a seclabel fs mounted on a
directory below this.
-n Do not append "Match" or "No Match" to displayed digests.
-r recursively descend directories.
-v display SHA1 digest generated by specfile set (Note that this digest is not used to match the
security.sehash directory digest entries, and is shown for reference only).
-edirectory
directory to exclude (repeat option for more than one directory).
-fspecfile
an optional specfile containing file context entries as described in file_contexts(5). If the
option is not specified, then the default file_contexts will be used.
See Also
restorecon(8), setfiles(8) 24 Sept 2016 restorecon_xattr(8)
Synopsis
restorecon_xattr [-d] [-D] [-m] [-n] [-r] [-v] [-edirectory] [-fspecfile] pathname
