| .TH "matchpathcon" "8" "21 April 2005" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| matchpathcon \- get the default SELinux security context for the specified path from the file contexts configuration |
| . |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .B matchpathcon |
| .RB [ \-V ] |
| .RB [ \-N ] |
| .RB [ \-n ] |
| .RB [ \-m |
| .IR type ] |
| .RB [ \-f |
| .IR file_contexts_file ] |
| .RB [ \-p |
| .IR prefix ] |
| .RB [ \-P |
| .IR policy_root_path ] |
| .I filepath... |
| . |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .BR matchpathcon |
| queries the system policy and outputs the default security context associated with the filepath. |
| |
| .B Note: |
| Identical paths can have different security contexts, depending on the file |
| type (regular file, directory, link file, char file ...). |
| |
| .B 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. |
| . |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BI \-m " type" |
| Force file type for the lookup. |
| Valid types are |
| .BR file ", " dir ", "pipe ", " chr_file ", " blk_file ", " |
| .BR lnk_file ", " sock_file . |
| .TP |
| .B \-n |
| Do not display path. |
| .TP |
| .B \-N |
| Do not use translations. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-f " file_context_file" |
| Use alternate file_context file |
| .TP |
| .BI \-p " prefix" |
| Use prefix to speed translations |
| .TP |
| .BI \-P " policy_root_path" |
| Use alternate policy root path |
| .TP |
| .B \-V |
| Verify file context on disk matches defaults |
| . |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| This manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. |
| . |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR selinux "(8), " |
| .BR matchpathcon (3) |