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NAME
       secon - See a context, from a file, program or user input.

SYNOPSIS
       secon [-hVurtscmPRfLp] [CONTEXT]
       [--file] FILE
       [--link] FILE
       [--pid] PID

DESCRIPTION
       See  a  part  of a context. The context is taken from a file, pid, user
       input or the context in which secon is originally executed.

       -V, --version
	      shows the current version of secon

       -h, --help
	      shows the usage information for secon

       -P, --prompt
	      outputs data in a format suitable for a prompt

       -u, --user
	      show the user of the security context

       -r, --role
	      show the role of the security context

       -t, --type
	      show the type of the security context

       -s, --sensitivity
	      show the sensitivity level of the security context

       -c, --clearance
	      show the clearance level of the security context

       -m, --mls-range
	      show the sensitivity level and clearance, as  a  range,  of  the
	      security context

       -R, --raw
	      outputs	the sensitivity level and clearance in an untranslated
	      format.

       -f, --file
	      gets the context from the specified file FILE

       -L, --link
	      gets the context from the specified file	FILE  (doesnt  follow
	      symlinks)

       -p, --pid
	      gets the context from the specified process PID

       --pid-exec
	      gets the exec context from the specified process PID

       --pid-fs
	      gets the fscreate context from the specified process PID

       --current, --self
	      gets the context from the current process

       --current-exec, --self-exec
	      gets the exec context from the current process

       --current-fs, --self-fs
	      gets the fscreate context from the current process

       --parent
	      gets the context from the parent of the current process

       --parent-exec
	      gets the exec context from the parent of the current process

       --parent-fs
	      gets the fscreate context from the parent of the current process

       Additional argument CONTEXT may be provided and	will  be  used	if  no
       options have been specified to make secon get its context from another
       source.	If that argument is - then  the  context  will	be  read  from
       stdin.
       If  there  is no arugment, secon will try reading a context from stdin,
       if that is not a tty, otherwise secon will act  as  though  --self  had
       been passed.

       If  none  of  --user, --role, --type, --level or --mls-range is passed.
       Then all of them will be output.


SEE ALSO
       chcon (1)

AUTHORS
       James Antill (james.antill@redhat.com)



Security Enhanced Linux 	  April 2006			      SECON(1)