matchpathcon(8)                                SELinux Command Line documentation                                matchpathcon(8)



NAME
       matchpathcon - get the default SELinux security context for the specified path from the file contexts configuration.


SYNOPSIS
       matchpathcon [-V] [-N] [-n] [-f file_contexts_file ] [-p prefix ] filepath...

DESCRIPTION
       matchpathcon queries the system policy and outputs the default security context associated with the filepath.

       Note:  Identical  paths  can have different security contexts, depending on the file type. (regular file, directory, link
       file, char file ...)

       matchpathcon will also take the file type into consideration in determining the default  security  context  if  the  file
       exists.  If the file does not exist, no file type matching will occur.


OPTIONS
       -n Do not display path.

       -N Do not use translations.

       -f file_context_file Use alternate file_context file

       -p prefix Use prefix to speed translations

       -V Verify file context on disk matches defaults


AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalshATredhat.com>.


SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), matchpathcon(3),



dwalshATredhat.com                                         21 April 2005                                          matchpathcon(8)