chcon

NAME

chcon - change file security context

SYNOPSIS

chcon [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Change the security context of each FILE to CONTEXT.

-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available only on systems with lchown system call)
-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error messages
--reference=RFILE
use RFILE's group instead of using a CONTEXT value
-u, --user=USER
set user USER in the target security context
-r, --role=ROLE
set role ROLE in the target security context
-t, --type=TYPE
set type TYPE in the target security context
-l, --range=RANGE
set range RANGE in the target security context
-R, --recursive
change files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for chcon is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chcon programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info chcon

should give you access to the complete manual.