Linux chcon Command

What is Linux chcon Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chcon command in Linux. chcon command is chcon - change file security context.

chcon Syntax#

chcon [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

chcon Examples#

chcon Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of chcon command. chcon command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for chcon command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man chcon

To open info page for chcon command we can use command below.

info chcon

To open help page from chcon command we can run command below.

chcon --help

Linux chcon Command Source Code#

You can find chcon command source code from the folowing repositories:

• chcon source code on GitHub
• chcon source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• chcon source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chcon in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.