---
name: "chkcon"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sepol-utils"
version: "3.8.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chkcon"
---

# chkcon(8)

determine if a security context is valid for a given binary policy

## NAME

chkcon -  determine if a security context is valid for a given binary policy

## SYNOPSIS

chkcon policy\_file context

## DESCRIPTION

This utility validates (the string representation of) a security context specified by the argument *context* against configuration data read in from a policy database binary representation file specified by the argument *policy\_file.*

## FILES

policy file

## AUTHOR

This manual page (and just the manual page) was written by Manoj Srivastava \<srivasta@debian.org\>.