matchpathcon(8) - get the default SELinux security context for the specified path from the file contexts configuration

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matchpathcon(8)	      SELinux Command Line documentation       matchpathcon(8)



NAME
       matchpathcon  - get the default SELinux security context for the speci‐
       fied path from the file contexts configuration

SYNOPSIS
       matchpathcon [-V] [-N] [-n] [-m type] [-f file_contexts_file] [-p  pre‐
       fix] [-P policy_root_path] filepath...

DESCRIPTION
       matchpathcon queries the system policy and outputs the default security
       context associated with the filepath.

       Note: Identical paths can have different security  contexts,  depending
       on the file type (regular file, directory, link file, char file ...).

       matchpathcon  will also take the file type into consideration in deter‐
       mining the default security context if the file exists.	 If  the  file
       does not exist, no file type matching will occur.

OPTIONS
       -m type
	      Force  file  type	 for  the  lookup.  Valid types are file, dir,
	      pipe, chr_file, blk_file, lnk_file, sock_file.

       -n     Do not display path.

       -N     Do not use translations.

       -f file_context_file
	      Use alternate file_context file

       -p prefix
	      Use prefix to speed translations

       -P policy_root_path
	      Use alternate policy root path

       -V     Verify file context on disk matches defaults

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <[email protected]>.

SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), matchpathcon(3)



[email protected]		 21 April 2005		       matchpathcon(8)