NAME

       findcon - SELinux file context search tool

SYNOPSIS

       findcon FCLIST [OPTIONS] [EXPRESSION]

DESCRIPTION

       findcon  allows the user to search for files with a specified context.  Results can be filtered by object
       class as described below.

FCLIST

       The findcon tool operates upon a file context list source.  There are three valid file context lists.

       directory
              If FCLIST is a name of a directory then begin the search at that directory and recurse within  it.
              Be sure there are no circular mounts within it.

       file_contexts
              If       FCLIST      is      the      name      of      a      file_contexts      file      (e.g.,
              /etc/selinux/strict/contexts/files/file_contexts) then open that file and find matching entries.

       database
              If FCLIST is the name of a database as created by a previous run of indexcon or apol then open the
              database and execute queries into it.

EXPRESSION

       The following options allow the user to specify which files to print.  A file  must  meet  all  specified
       criteria.  If no expression is provided, all files are printed.

       -t TYPE, --type=TYPE
              Search for files with a context containing the type TYPE.

       -u USER, --user=USER
              Search for files with a context containing the user USER.

       -r ROLE, --role=ROLE
              Search for files with a context containing the role ROLE.

       -m RANGE, --mls-range=RANGE
              Search  for  files  with  a  context  with  the MLS range of RANGE.  Note that findcon ignores the
              SELinux translation library, if present.  In addition, this flag is ignored if the FCLIST  has  no
              MLS information.

       --context=CONTEXT
              Search for files matching this partial context.  This flag overrides -t, -u, -r, and -m.

       -p PATH, --path=PATH
              Search for files which include PATH.

       -c CLASS, --class=CLASS
              Search only files of object class CLASS.

OPTIONS

       The following additional options are available.

       -R, --regex
              Search  using  regular  expressions instead of exact string matching.  This option does not affect
              the --class flag.

       -h, --help
              Print help information and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print version information and exit.

PARTIAL CONTEXT

       The --context flag specifies a partial context, which is a a colon separated  list  of  user,  role,  and
       type.   If the system supports MLS, the context may have a fourth field that gives the range.  If a field
       is not specified or is the literal asterisk, then the query will always match the field.

OBJECT CLASSES

       Valid object class strings are

       block, char, dir, fifo, file, link, or sock.

NOTE

       The findcon utility always operates on "raw" SELinux file contexts.   If  the  system  has  an  installed
       translation  library  (i.e., libsetrans), those translations are ignored in favor of reading the original
       contexts from the filesystem (if FCFILE is a directory).

EXAMPLES

       findcon .
              Find every context in the current directory and all of its subdirectories.

       findcon -u user_u .
              Find every context whose user is user_u in the current directory and all subdirectories.

       findcon -u system_u -t bin_t file_contexts
              Find entries user system_u and type bin_t within a file_contexts file, assuming that file_contexts
              is a file contexts file.

       findcon --context=system_u::bin_t file_contexts
              This is equivalent to the previous example.

       findcon --context=system_u:*:bin_t:* file_contexts
              This is also equivalent to the above example.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jeremy A. Mowery <jmowery@tresys.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright(C) 2003-2007 Tresys Technology, LLC

BUGS

       Please report bugs via an email to setools-bugs@tresys.com.

SEE ALSO

       replcon(1), indexcon(1)

                                                                                                      findcon(1)