Manual: rust-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] [--reference] [-u|--user]
[-r|--role] [-t|--type] [-l|--range] [-R|--recursive] [-H ] [-L ] [-P ] [-v|--verbose] [-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)