restorecon_xattr(8) — Linux manual page

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restorecon_xattr(8)       SELinux User Command       restorecon_xattr(8)

NAME         top

       restorecon_xattr - manage security.sehash extended attribute
       entries added by setfiles(8) or restorecon(8).

SYNOPSIS         top

       restorecon_xattr [-d] [-D] [-m] [-n] [-r] [-v] [-e directory] [-f
       specfile] pathname

DESCRIPTION         top

       restorecon_xattr will display the SHA1 digests added to extended
       attributes security.sehash or delete the attribute completely.
       These attributes are set by restorecon(8) or setfiles(8) to
       specified directories when relabeling recursively.

       restorecon_xattr is useful for managing the extended attribute
       entries particularly when users forget what directories they ran
       restorecon(8) or setfiles(8) from.

       RAMFS and TMPFS filesystems do not support the security.sehash
       extended attribute and are automatically excluded from searches.

       By default restorecon_xattr will display the SHA1 digests with
       "Match" appended if they match the default specfile set or the
       specfile set used with the -f option. Non-matching SHA1 digests
       will be displayed with "No Match" appended.  This feature can be
       disabled by the -n option.

OPTIONS         top

       -d     delete all non-matching security.sehash directory digest
              entries.

       -D     delete all security.sehash directory digest entries.

       -m     do not read /proc/mounts to obtain a list of non-seclabel
              mounts to be excluded from relabeling checks.
              Setting -m is useful where there is a non-seclabel fs
              mounted with a seclabel fs mounted on a directory below
              this.

       -n     Do not append "Match" or "No Match" to displayed digests.

       -r     recursively descend directories.

       -v     display SHA1 digest generated by specfile set (Note that
              this digest is not used to match the security.sehash
              directory digest entries, and is shown for reference
              only).

       -e     directory
              directory to exclude (repeat option for more than one
              directory).

       -f     specfile
              an optional specfile containing file context entries as
              described in file_contexts(5).  If the option is not
              specified, then the default file_contexts will be used.

ARGUMENTS         top

       pathname
              the pathname of the directory tree to be searched.

SEE ALSO         top

       restorecon(8), setfiles(8)

COLOPHON         top

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                              24 Sept 2016           restorecon_xattr(8)