RUNCON(1)

NAME
runcon - run command with specified security context

SYNOPSIS
runcon [CONTEXT COMMAND [ARG]...]
runcon [-c] [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-t TYPE] [-l RANGE] COMMAND [ARG]...

DESCRIPTION
Run COMMAND with completely-specified CONTEXT, or with current or transitioned security context modified by one or more of LEVEL, ROLE, TYPE, and USER.

If none of -c, -t, -u, -r, or -l, is specified, the first argument is used as the complete context. Any additional arguments after COMMAND are interpreted as arguments to the command.

Only carefully-chosen contexts are likely to run successfully.

Run a program in a different SELinux security context. With neither CONTEXT nor COMMAND, print the current security context.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

CONTEXT
    Complete security context

-c, --compute
    compute process transition context before modifying

-t, --type=TYPE
    type (for same role as parent)

-u, --user=USER
    user identity

-r, --role=ROLE
    role

-l, --range=RANGE
    levelrange

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

  Exit status:

125 if the runcon command itself fails

126 if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked

127 if COMMAND cannot be found

-   the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

AUTHOR
Written by Russell Coker.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/runcon>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) runcon invocation'

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