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chcat – change file SELinux security category

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 … ]

Description

Change/Remove the security category for each file or user.

Use +/- to add/remove categories from a file or 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.

See Also

chcon(1), selinux(8), semanage(8)

When operating on files this script wraps the chcon command.

Files

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