| .TH "matchpathcon" "8" "21 April 2005" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| matchpathcon \- get the default SELinux security context for the specified path from the file contexts configuration. |
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| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .B matchpathcon [-V] [-N] [-n] [-f file_contexts_file ] [-p prefix ] filepath... |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .B matchpathcon |
| queries the system policy and outputs the default security context associated with the filepath. |
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| Note: Identical paths can have different security contexts, depending on the file type. (regular file, directory, link file, char file ...) |
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| .B matchpathcon |
| will also take the file type into consideration in determining the default security context if the file exists. If the file does not exist, no file type matching will occur. |
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| .SH OPTIONS |
| .B \-n |
| Do not display path. |
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| .B \-N |
| Do not use translations. |
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| .B \-f file_context_file |
| Use alternate file_context file |
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| .B \-p prefix |
| Use prefix to speed translations |
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| .B \-V |
| Verify file context on disk matches defaults |
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| .SH AUTHOR |
| This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. |
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| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR selinux "(8), " |
| .BR matchpathcon "(3), " |