---
name: "replcon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "setools"
version: "3.3.8-3.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/replcon"
---

# replcon(1)

SELinux file context replacement tool

## NAME

replcon - SELinux file context replacement tool

## SYNOPSIS

**replcon** NEW\_CONTEXT DIR \[OPTIONS\] \[EXPRESSION\]

## DESCRIPTION

**replcon** allows the user to find and replace file contexts. Replacements can be filtered by object class as described below.

## REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

- NEW\_CONTEXT

  The replacement context as expressed as a partial context, described below.

- DIR

  Initial directory to begin searching.  The tool will recurse into any subdirectories, so be sure there are no circular mounts within it.

## EXPRESSION

The following options allow the user to specify which files to find. A file must meet all specified criteria for its context to be replaced.  If no expression is provided, all files' contexts are replaced.

- \-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 **replcon** ignores the SELinux translation library, if present.  In addition, this flag is ignored if **DIR** 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

- \-R, --regex

  Enable regular expressions

- \-v, --verbose

  Display context info during replacement.

- \-h, --help

  Print help information and exit.

- \-V, --version

  Print version information and exit.

## PARTIAL CONTEXT

The **--context** flag and **NEW\_CONTEXT** argument specify 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.  With **--context** if a field is not specified or is the literal asterisk, then the query will always match the field.  With **NEW\_CONTEXT** if a field is not specified or is the literal asterisk, then that portion of the context will not be modified.

## OBJECT CLASSES

Valid object class strings are

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

## NOTE

The replcon 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.

## EXAMPLES

- **replcon ::type\_t: .**

  Replace every context's type in the current directory with type\_t. The user and role portion remain unchanged.

- **replcon -u user\_u \*:role\_r:\* .**

  Replace every context's role with user user\_u in the current directory with role\_r.  The user and type portion remain unchanged.

- **replcon --context ::type\_t:s0 :::s0:c0 /tmp**

  Replace every context with type type\_t and MLS range s0 in /tmp with MLS range s0:c0.

## 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

[findcon(1)](/findcon/1.md), [indexcon(1)](/indexcon/1.md)