Section 8 · System administration

restorecond.8

Package: policycoreutils-restorecond

restorecond

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
FILES
SEE ALSO

NAME

restorecond − daemon that watches for file creation and then sets the default SELinux file context

SYNOPSIS

restorecond [−d] [-h] [−f restorecond_file ] [−u] [−v]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the restorecond program.

This daemon uses inotify to watch files listed in the /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf, when they are created, this daemon will make sure they have the correct file context associated with the policy.

OPTIONS


	−d		Turns on debugging mode. Application will stay in the foreground and lots of debugs messages start printing.
	−h		Print usage statement.

−f restorecond_file

Use alternative restorecond.conf file.


	−u		Turns on user mode. Runs restorecond in the user session and reads /etc/selinux/restorecond_user.conf. Uses dbus to make sure only one restorecond is running per user session.
	−v		Turns on verbose debugging. (Report missing files)

AUTHOR

This man page and program was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.

FILES

/etc/selinux/restorecond.conf /etc/selinux/restorecond_user.conf