Lesson 9.6: Restore default file contexts

Changing SELinux Security Context of a File/dir

Syntax : chcon -t <new context> <file/dir>

# METHOD 1 : 
[root@server html]# ls -Z index.html 
unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 index.html
 
[root@server html]# chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/index.html 
 
[root@server html]# ls -Z index.html 
unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 index.html
 
# METHOD 2 :
[root@server html]# ls -Z index.html 
system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 index.html
 
[root@server html]# chcon --reference=/var/www/html /var/www/html/index.html 
 
[root@server html]# ls -Z index.html 
system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 index.html