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

# restorecond(8)

daemon that watches for file creation and then sets the default SELinux file context

## NAME

restorecond - daemon that watches for file creation and then sets the default SELinux file context

## SYNOPSIS

**restorecond \[-d\] \[-h\] \[-f restorecond\_file \] \[-u\] \[-v\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the **restorecond** program.

This daemon uses inotify to watch files listed in the /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf, when they are created, this daemon will make sure they have  the correct file context associated with the policy.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Turns on debugging mode.   Application will stay in the foreground and lots of debugs messages start printing.

- **-h**

  Print usage statement.

- **-f restorecond\_file**

  Use alternative restorecond.conf file.

- **-u**

  Turns on user mode.  Runs restorecond in the user session and reads /etc/selinux/restorecond\_user.conf.  Uses dbus to make sure only one restorecond is running per user session.

- **-v**

  Turns on verbose debugging.  (Report missing files)

## AUTHOR

This man page and program was written by Dan Walsh \<dwalsh@redhat.com\>.

## FILES

/etc/selinux/restorecond.conf /etc/selinux/restorecond\_user.conf

## SEE ALSO

[**restorecon**(8)](/restorecon/8.md),