Hi Bruno, On 31 August 2010 13:21, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:23:48 -0700, > suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> # chcon --reference /some/similar/file <file> > > The problem with using chcon is that you don't test if a relabel will break > things. For the most part you want to set the new labelling pattern with > semanage and then apply the pattern with restorecon. > There are a few exceptions where things with some patterns get left the > way they are and for those cases chcon makes sense to use. > Thanks for your comments. Despite my ill informed usage I guess I didn't run into problems since my use case is to apply contexts for new non-existent configuration files or to restore contexts after I have edited them with emacs. (btw, emacs 24 supports selinux now, I have been compiling it from source just to keep using emacs while editing conf files :-p ) I'll try to read up more and follow the recommended way. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
