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Manual Reference Pages  - CHCAT (8)

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chcat - change file SELinux security category

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Synopsis

chcat CATEGORY FILE...
chcat -l CATEGORY USER...
chcat [[+|-]CATEGORY],...] FILE...
chcat -l [[+|-]CATEGORY],...] USER...
chcat [-d] FILE...
chcat -l [-d] USER...
chcat -L [-l] [ USER ... ]

Change/Remove the security CATEGORY for each FILE/USER.

Use +/- to add/remove categories from a FILE/USER.

Note: When removing a category you must specify ’--’ on the command line before using the -Category syntax. This tells the command that you have finished entering options and are now specifying a category name instead.

-d	delete the category from each FILE/USER.
-L	list available categories.
-l	Tells chcat to operate on users instead of files.

chcon(1), selinux(8), semanage(8) When operating on files this script wraps the chcon command.

/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/setrans.conf
/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/seuser

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