fixfiles(8)                                                        fixfiles(8)

NAME

       fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.

SYNOPSIS

       fixfiles  [-F]  [  -R  rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [ -C PREVI-
       OUS_FILECONTEXT ] [-l logfile ] [-o outputfile ] { check  |  restore  |
       [-F] relabel | verify }"

       fixfiles  [-F]  [-l  logfile  ] [-o outputfile ] { check | restore|[-f]
       relabel | verify } [[dir/file] ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page describes the fixfiles script.

       This script is primarily used to correct the security context  database
       (extended attributes) on filesystems.

       It  can  also be run at any time to relabel when adding support for new
       policy, or  just check whether the file contexts are all as you expect.
       By  default  it  will  relabel all mounted ext2, ext3, xfs and jfs file
       systems as long as they do not have a security  context  mount  option.
       You can use the -R flag to use rpmpackages as an alternative.

OPTIONS

       -l logfile
              Save the output to the specified logfile

       -o outputfile
              Save  all  files  that  have  file_context that differs from the
              default, in outputfile.

       -F     Force  reset  of  context to match file_context for customizable
              files

       -f     Don't prompt for removal of /tmp directory, always remove it.

       -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...]
              Use  the rpm database to discover all files within the specified
              packages and restore the file contexts.  (-a will get all  files
              in the RPM database).

       -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT
              Run  a  diff  on  the PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT file to the currently
              installed one, and restore the context of all affected files.

ARGUMENTS

       One of:

       check  print any incorrect file context labels,  showing  old  and  new
              context, but do not change them.

       restore
              change any incorrect file context labels.

       relabel
              Prompt for removal of contents of /tmp directory and then change
              any  incorrect  file  context  labels  to  match   the   install
              file_contexts file.

       verify List  out  files  with incorrect file context labels, but do not
              change them.

       [[dir/file] ... ]
              List of files or directories trees that you wish to  check  file
              context on.

AUTHOR

       This  man  page  was  written by Richard Hally <rhally@mindspring.com>.
       The script  was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

       setfiles(8),restorecon(8)

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