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CHCON(1) User Commands CHCON(1)
chcon - change file security context
chcon [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
Change the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With
--reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of
RFILE.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon--dereference\--dereference]8;;\
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the
default), rather than the symbolic link itself
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-h\-h, --no-dereference]8;;\
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-u\-u, --user=USER]8;;\
set user USER in the target security context
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-r\-r, --role=ROLE]8;;\
set role ROLE in the target security context
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-t\-t, --type=TYPE]8;;\
set type TYPE in the target security context
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-l\-l, --range=RANGE]8;;\
set range RANGE in the target security context
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon--no-preserve-root\--no-preserve-root]8;;\
do not treat '/' specially (the default)
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon--preserve-root\--preserve-root]8;;\
fail to operate recursively on '/'
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon--reference\--reference=RFILE]8;;\
use RFILE's security context rather than specifying a
CONTEXT value
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-R\-R, --recursive]8;;\
operate on files and directories recursively
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-v\-v, --verbose]8;;\
output a diagnostic for every file processed
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the
-R option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only
the final one takes effect. -P is the default.
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-H\-H]8;;\ if a command line argument is a symlink to a directory,
traverse it
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-L\-L]8;;\ traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#chcon-P\-P]8;;\ do not traverse any symbolic links
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon#chcon--help\--help]8;;\ display this help and exit
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon#chcon--version\--version]8;;\
output version information and exit
Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chcon invocation'
This page is part of the coreutils (basic file, shell and text
manipulation utilities) project. Information about the project
can be found at ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/⟩. If you
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GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 CHCON(1)
Pages that refer to this page: secon(1), setrans.conf(5), chcat(8), mcs(8)
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