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Re: restorecon / matchpathcon

From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh_at_redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:59:00 -0500


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LC Bruzenak wrote: 

> On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 11:35 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote:

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>> LC Bruzenak wrote:
>>> I see no way to recursively/silently check path context.
>>>
>>> The matchpathcon command has a silent but no recursive option. It does
>>> return non-zero if something doesn't match.
>>>
>>> The restorecon command has both recursive and don't change options but
>>> no silent. It does not return non-zero if there is a change to be made,
>>> so a redirect of stdout to /dev/null wouldn't suffice.
>>>
>>> Is there another way/command?
>>>
>>> Thx,
>>> LCB.
 >>>
>> find | xargs matchpathcon?
> 
> I think in this case the $? return value would refer to the find not
> matchpathcon right?
> 
> LCB.
>

matchpathcon -V PATH

Checks the context on disk versus the default, and sets the exit status I believe.

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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Reviewed: Jan 15, 2009

  
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