secon Command Examples

Get the SELinux security context of a file, pid, current execution context, or a context specification. See also: semanage, runcon, chcon. More information: https://manned.org/man/secon.

• Get the security context of the current execution context:

secon

• Get the current security context of a process:

secon --pid {{1}}

• Get the current security context of a file, resolving all intermediate symlinks:

secon --file {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Get the current security context of a symlink itself (i.e. do not resolve):

secon --link {{path/to/symlink}}

• Parse and explain a context specification:

secon {{system_u:system_r:container_t:s0:c899,c900}}