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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