restorecon

Restore SELinux file contexts

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Run with -n first.
Relabelling / can take very long; scope paths.

Safer / dry-run alternatives

restorecon -Rnv <path>Dry run

What it does

Resets file contexts to policy defaults.

Common flags

Flag	Meaning
`-R`	Recurse
`-v`	Verbose
`-n`	Dry run

Examples

restorecon -Rnv /var/wwwDry run · explain & risk-check →

restorecon -Rv /var/wwwApply · explain & risk-check →

Related

selinux semanage

Open the full explainer →More in Users, Permissions & Security

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man restorecon for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.