setfiles(8)							   setfiles(8)



NAME
       setfiles - set file security contexts.


SYNOPSIS
       setfiles  [-c  policy  ]  [-d] [-l] [-n] [-e directory ] [-o filename ]
       [-q] [-s] [-v] [-vv] [-W] [-F] spec_file pathname...

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page describes the setfiles program.

       This program is primarily  used	to  initialise	the  security  context
       database  (extended  attributes) on one or more filesystems.  This pro
       gram is initially run as part of the SE Linux installation process.

       It can also be run at any time to correct errors, to  add  support  for
       new  policy,  or  with the -n option it can just check whether the file
       contexts are all as you expect.


OPTIONS
       -c     check the validity of the contexts against the specified	binary
	      policy.

       -d     show what specification matched each file.

       -l     log changes in file labels to syslog.

       -n     dont change any file labels.

       -q     suppress non-error output.

       -r rootpath
	      use an alternate root path

       -e directory
	      directory  to  exclude  (repeat  option for more than one direc
	      tory.)

       -F     Force reset of context to match  file_context  for  customizable
	      files

       -o filename
	      save list of files with incorrect context in filename.

       -s     take  a  list  of  files	from standard input instead of using a
	      pathname on the command line.

       -v     show changes in file labels, if type or role are changing.

       -vv    show changes in file labels, if type, role, or user  are	chang
	      ing.

       -W     display warnings about entries that had no matching files.


ARGUMENTS
       spec_file  The specification file which contains lines of the following
       form
       regexp [ -type ] ( context | <> )
       The regular expression is anchored at both  ends.   The	optional  type
       field  specifies  the file type as shown in the mode field by the ls(1)
       program, e.g. -- to match only regular files or -d to match only direc
       tories.	 The context can be an ordinary security context or the string
       <> to specify that the file is not to have its context changed.
       The last matching specification is used. If  there  are	multiple  hard
       links  to a file that match different specifications and those specifi
       cations indicate different security contexts, then a  warning  is  dis
       played  but the file is still labeled based on the last matching speci
       fication other than <>.

       pathname...
	      The pathname for the root directory of each file	system	to  be
	      relabeled.  Not used if the -s option is used.


AUTHOR
       This man page was written by Russell Coker .  The
       program was written by Stephen Smalley 


SEE ALSO
       load_policy(8), checkpolicy(8)



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