Section 8 · System administration
chcat.8
Package: policycoreutils-python-utils
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CHCAT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO
FILES
NAME
chcat − change SELinux security categories of files/users
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
Use +/- to add/remove categories from a file or user (only a single category can be specified at a time). Or specify the desired list/range of categories to be applied (replacing the existing categories).
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 all categories from given FILE/USER. | |||
| −L | list available categories. | |||
| −l | Tells chcat to operate on users instead of files. |
EXAMPLE
Replace categories of user “test” with c0.c6
chcat -l c0.c6 test
Add category c1023 to user “test”
chcat -l +c1023 test
Remove category c5 from file “file”
chcat — -c5 file
Remove all categories from file “file”
chcat -d file
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