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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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