NAME¶

chcat - change file SELinux security category

SYNOPSIS¶

chcat category file...
chcat -l category user...
chcat [[+|-]category...] file...
chcat -l [[+|-]category...] user...
chcat [-d] file...
chcat -l [-d] user...
chcat -L [ -l ] [ user ... ]

DESCRIPTION¶

Change/Remove the security category for each file or user.

Use +/- to add/remove categories from a file or user.

Note: When removing a category you must specify '--' on the command line before using the -Category syntax. This tells the command that you have finished entering options and are now specifying a category name instead.

-d

delete the category from each FILE/USER.

-L

list available categories.

-l

Tells chcat to operate on users instead of files.

SEE ALSO¶

chcon(1), selinux(8), semanage(8)

When operating on files this script wraps the chcon command.

FILES¶

/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/setrans.conf
/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/seuser