fixfiles(8)                                                                                                          fixfiles(8)



NAME
       fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.


SYNOPSIS
       fixfiles [-F] [-l logfile ] { check | restore|[-f] relabel | verify } [[dir/file] ... ]

       fixfiles [-F] [ -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore | verify }

       fixfiles [ -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore | verify }

       fixfiles onboot


DESCRIPTION
       This manual page describes the fixfiles script.

       This script is primarily used to correct the security context database (extended attributes) on filesystems.

       It  can  also  be run at any time to relabel when adding support for new policy, or  just check whether the file contexts
       are all as you expect.  By default it will relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file systems as long  as  they  do
       not  have  a  security  context  mount  option.   You can use the -R flag to use rpmpackages as an alternative.  The file
       /etc/selinux/fixfiles_exclude_dirs can contain a list of directories excluded from relabelling.

       fixfiles onboot will setup the machine to relabel on the next reboot.


OPTIONS
       -l logfile
              Save the output to the specified logfile

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


       -f     Clear /tmp directory with out prompt for removal.


       -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...]
              Use the rpm database to discover all files within the specified packages and restore the file contexts.  (-a  will
              get all files in the RPM database).

       -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT
              Run  a  diff  on   the  PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT  file  to the currently installed one, and restore the context of all
              affected files.


ARGUMENTS
       One of:

       check  print any incorrect file context labels, showing old and new context, but do not change them.

       restore
              change any incorrect file context labels.

       relabel
              Prompt for removal of contents of /tmp directory and then change any incorrect file context labels  to  match  the
              install file_contexts file.

       verify List out files with incorrect file context labels, but do not change them.

       [[dir/file] ... ]
              List of files or directories trees that you wish to check file context on.


AUTHOR
       This  man  page  was written by Richard Hally <rhallyATmindspring.com>.  The script  was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@red-
       hat.com>


SEE ALSO
       setfiles(8),restorecon(8)




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