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secon

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}}