semanage-fcontext(8)

NAME
semanage-fcontext - SELinux Policy Management file context tool

SYNOPSIS
semanage fcontext [-h] [-n] [-N] [-s STORE] [ --add ( -t TYPE -f FTYPE -r RANGE -s SEUSER | -e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ) | --delete ( -t TYPE -f FTYPE | -e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ) | --deleteall | --extract | --list [-C] | --modify ( -t TYPE -f FTYPE -r RANGE -s SEUSER | -e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ) ]

DESCRIPTION
semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources. semanage fcontext is used to manage the default file system labeling on an SELinux system. This command maps file paths using regular expressions to SELinux labels.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    show this help message and exit

-n, --noheading
    Do not print heading when listing the specified object type

-N, --noreload
    Do not reload policy after commit

-C, --locallist
    List local customizations

-S STORE, --store STORE
    Select an alternate SELinux Policy Store to manage

-a, --add
    Add a record of the specified object type

-d, --delete
    Delete a record of the specified object type

-m, --modify
    Modify a record of the specified object type

-l, --list
    List records of the specified object type

-E, --extract
    Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction

-D, --deleteall
    Remove all local customizations

-e EQUAL, --equal EQUAL
    Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.

-f [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}], --ftype [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}]
    File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use 'd' to match only directories or 'f' to match only regular files. The following file type options can be passed: f (regular file),d (directory),c (character device), b (block device),s (socket),l (symbolic link),p (named pipe). If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".

-s SEUSER, --seuser SEUSER
    SELinux user name

-t TYPE, --type TYPE
    SELinux Type for the object

-r RANGE, --range RANGE
    MLS/MCS Security Range (MLS/MCS Systems only) SELinux Range for SELinux login mapping defaults to the SELinux user record range. SELinux Range for SELinux user defaults to s0.

EXAMPLE
remember to run restorecon after you set the file context
Add file-context for everything under /web
# semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t "/web(/.*)?"
# restorecon -R -v /web

Substitute /home1 with /home when setting file context
# semanage fcontext -a -e /home /home1
# restorecon -R -v /home1

For home directories under top level directory, for example /disk6/home,
execute the following commands.
# semanage fcontext -a -t home_root_t "/disk6"
# semanage fcontext -a -e /home /disk6/home
# restorecon -R -v /disk6

SEE ALSO
selinux (8), semanage (8)

AUTHOR
This man page was written by Daniel Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>