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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:11:01 -0500
From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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To: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>, SE Linux <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Man page fix for matchpatchcon
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diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibselinux/man/man8/matchpathcon.8 libselinux-2.0.45/man/man8/matchpathcon.8
--- nsalibselinux/man/man8/matchpathcon.8	2007-08-03 16:02:56.000000000 -0400
+++ libselinux-2.0.45/man/man8/matchpathcon.8	2007-12-06 11:22:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 .B matchpathcon [-V] [-N] [-n] [-f file_contexts_file ] [-p prefix ] filepath...
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B matchpathcon
-Prints the file path and the default security context associated with it.
+Queries the system and prints the default security context associated with the filepath.
+
+Note: Identical paths can have different security contexts, depending on the file type. (regular file, directory, link file, char file ...)
+
+matchpathcon will check the system default context using the file type if the file exists.  If the file does not exist, it will get the context of a regular file.
+
 .SH OPTIONS
 .B \-n
 Do not display path.


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