Chcon - Control File Context on Linux | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Control file context with Chcon, the Linux command-line tool. Manage SELinux security contexts to enhance system security. Free online tool, no registration required.

chcon

Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. See also: secon, restorecon, semanage-fcontext. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chcon-invocation.html.

  • View security context of a file:

ls {{[-lZ|-l --context]}} {{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]}} {{user}} {{filename}}

  • Change only the role part of SELinux security context:

chcon {{[-r|--role]}} {{role}} {{filename}}

  • Change only the type part of SELinux security context:

chcon {{[-t|--type]}} {{type}} {{filename}}

  • Change only the range/level part of SELinux security context:

chcon {{[-l|--range]}} {{range/level}} {{filename}}