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NAME

       fixfiles - fix file SELinux security contexts.

SYNOPSIS

       fixfiles  [-v]  [-F] [-B] [ -N time ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore|[-f] relabel | verify } [[dir/file]
       ... ]

       fixfiles [-v] [-F] [ -R rpmpackagename[,rpmpackagename...] ] [-l logfile ] { check | restore | verify }

       fixfiles [-v] [-F] -C PREVIOUS_FILECONTEXT [-l logfile ] { check | restore | verify }

       fixfiles [-F] [-B] onboot

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.   The  file  /etc/selinux/fixfiles_exclude_dirs  can  contain  a  list  of
       directories excluded from relabeling.

       fixfiles onboot will setup the machine to relabel on the next reboot.

OPTIONS

       -B     If specified with onboot, this fixfiles will record the current date in the /.autorelabel file, so
              that it can be used later to speed up labeling. If used with restore, the restore will only affect
              files that were modified today.

       -l logfile
              Save the output to the specified logfile

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

       -f     Clear /tmp directory with out prompt for removal.

       -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.

       -N time
              Only  act on files created after the specified date.  Date must be specified in "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM"
              format.  Date field will be passed to find --newermt command.

       -v     Modify verbosity from progress to verbose. (Run restorecon with -v instead of -p)

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)

                                                   2002031409                                        fixfiles(8)