restorecon

Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://manned.org/restorecon>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/restorecon.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install policycoreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install policycoreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install policycoreutils
CentOS
yum install policycoreutils
Fedora
dnf install policycoreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install policycoreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install policycoreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/restorecon

Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: semanage-fcontext. More information: <https://manned.org/restorecon>.

  • View the current security context of a file or directory:
    ls -dlZ path/to/file_or_directory
  • Restore the security context of a file or directory:
    restorecon path/to/file_or_directory
  • Restore the security context of a directory recursively, and show all changed labels:
    restorecon -R -v path/to/directory
  • Restore the security context of a directory recursively, using all available threads, and show progress:
    restorecon -R -T 0 -p path/to/directory
  • Preview the label changes that would happen without applying them:
    restorecon -R -n -v path/to/directory

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