restorecon Command Examples

Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. See also: semanage-fcontext. More information: https://manned.org/restorecon.

• View the current security context of a file or directory:

ls -dlZ {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Restore the security context of a file or directory:

restorecon {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Restore the security context of a directory recursively, and show all changed labels:

restorecon -R -v {{path/to/directory}}

• Restore the security context of a directory recursively, using all available threads, and show progress:

restorecon -R -T {{0}} -p {{path/to/directory}}

• Preview the label changes that would happen without applying them:

restorecon -R -n -v {{path/to/directory}}