* [PATCH v2] semanage: improve -e documentation and fix delete operation
@ 2025-01-14 15:52 Christian Göttsche
2025-05-14 10:04 ` Petr Lautrbach
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christian Göttsche @ 2025-01-14 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: selinux; +Cc: Christian Göttsche
From: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Improve the documentation around the -e/--equal option for semanage
fcontext.
Closes: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/issues/457
Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
---
v2: drop delete_equal() addition
---
python/semanage/semanage | 13 +++++++------
python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage b/python/semanage/semanage
index b269b9fc..dd5066bf 100644
--- a/python/semanage/semanage
+++ b/python/semanage/semanage
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ usage_login = "semanage login [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
usage_login_dict = {' --add': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --modify': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --delete': ('LOGIN',), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
usage_fcontext = "semanage fcontext [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
-usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
+usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
usage_user = "semanage user [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
usage_user_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --delete': ('SEUSER',), ' --modify': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def setupLoginParser(subparsers):
def handleFcontext(args):
fcontext_args = {'list': [('equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'add': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'modify': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'delete': [('locallist'), ('file_spec')], 'extract': [('locallist', 'equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'deleteall': [('locallist'), ('')]}
# we can not use mutually for equal because we can define some actions together with equal
- fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ()]}
+ fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ('file_spec')]}
if args.action and args.equal:
handle_opts(args, fcontext_equal_args, "equal")
@@ -355,9 +355,10 @@ def setupFcontextParser(subparsers):
parser_add_extract(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
parser_add_deleteall(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
- fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', help=_(
- 'Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
-path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
+ fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', metavar='TARGET_PATH' help=_(
+ 'Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
+path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. \
+The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
))
fcontextParser.add_argument('-f', '--ftype', default="", choices=["a", "f", "d", "c", "b", "s", "l", "p"], help=_(
'File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use d to match only \
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".'
parser_add_seuser(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
parser_add_type(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
parser_add_range(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
- fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
+ fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, metavar='FILE_SPEC', help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
fcontextParser.set_defaults(func=handleFcontext)
diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
index 3e327d88..3a96c62f 100644
--- a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
+++ b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
semanage\-fcontext \- SELinux Policy Management file context tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ]
+.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
semanage is used to configure certain elements of
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction
.I \-D, \-\-deleteall
Remove all local customizations
.TP
-.I \-e EQUAL, \-\-equal EQUAL
-Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
+.I \-e TARGET_PATH, \-\-equal TARGET_PATH
+Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
.TP
.I \-f [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}], \-\-ftype [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}]
File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use 'd' to match only directories or 'f' to match only regular files. The following file type options can be passed: f (regular file),d (directory),c (character device), b (block device),s (socket),l (symbolic link),p (named pipe). If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".
--
2.47.1
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* Re: [PATCH v2] semanage: improve -e documentation and fix delete operation
2025-01-14 15:52 [PATCH v2] semanage: improve -e documentation and fix delete operation Christian Göttsche
@ 2025-05-14 10:04 ` Petr Lautrbach
2025-06-10 7:36 ` Petr Lautrbach
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Petr Lautrbach @ 2025-05-14 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christian Göttsche, selinux; +Cc: Christian Göttsche
Christian Göttsche <cgoettsche@seltendoof.de> writes:
> From: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
>
> Improve the documentation around the -e/--equal option for semanage
> fcontext.
>
> Closes: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/issues/457
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
> ---
> v2: drop delete_equal() addition
> ---
> python/semanage/semanage | 13 +++++++------
> python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage b/python/semanage/semanage
> index b269b9fc..dd5066bf 100644
> --- a/python/semanage/semanage
> +++ b/python/semanage/semanage
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ usage_login = "semanage login [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
> usage_login_dict = {' --add': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --modify': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --delete': ('LOGIN',), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>
> usage_fcontext = "semanage fcontext [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
> -usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
> +usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>
> usage_user = "semanage user [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
> usage_user_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --delete': ('SEUSER',), ' --modify': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def setupLoginParser(subparsers):
> def handleFcontext(args):
> fcontext_args = {'list': [('equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'add': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'modify': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'delete': [('locallist'), ('file_spec')], 'extract': [('locallist', 'equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'deleteall': [('locallist'), ('')]}
> # we can not use mutually for equal because we can define some actions together with equal
> - fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ()]}
> + fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ('file_spec')]}
>
> if args.action and args.equal:
> handle_opts(args, fcontext_equal_args, "equal")
> @@ -355,9 +355,10 @@ def setupFcontextParser(subparsers):
> parser_add_extract(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
> parser_add_deleteall(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
>
> - fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', help=_(
> - 'Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
> -path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
> + fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', metavar='TARGET_PATH' help=_(
> + 'Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
> +path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. \
> +The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
> ))
> fcontextParser.add_argument('-f', '--ftype', default="", choices=["a", "f", "d", "c", "b", "s", "l", "p"], help=_(
> 'File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use d to match only \
# semanage fcontext -h
File "/usr/sbin/semanage", line 358
fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', metavar='TARGET_PATH' help=_(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma?
> @@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".'
> parser_add_seuser(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
> parser_add_type(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
> parser_add_range(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
> - fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
> + fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, metavar='FILE_SPEC', help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
> fcontextParser.set_defaults(func=handleFcontext)
>
>
> diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
> index 3e327d88..3a96c62f 100644
> --- a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
> +++ b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
> semanage\-fcontext \- SELinux Policy Management file context tool
>
> .SH "SYNOPSIS"
> -.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ]
> +.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC ]
>
> .SH "DESCRIPTION"
> semanage is used to configure certain elements of
> @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction
> .I \-D, \-\-deleteall
> Remove all local customizations
> .TP
> -.I \-e EQUAL, \-\-equal EQUAL
> -Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
> +.I \-e TARGET_PATH, \-\-equal TARGET_PATH
> +Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
> .TP
> .I \-f [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}], \-\-ftype [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}]
> File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use 'd' to match only directories or 'f' to match only regular files. The following file type options can be passed: f (regular file),d (directory),c (character device), b (block device),s (socket),l (symbolic link),p (named pipe). If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".
> --
> 2.47.1
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* Re: [PATCH v2] semanage: improve -e documentation and fix delete operation
2025-05-14 10:04 ` Petr Lautrbach
@ 2025-06-10 7:36 ` Petr Lautrbach
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Petr Lautrbach @ 2025-06-10 7:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christian Göttsche, selinux; +Cc: Christian Göttsche
Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> writes:
> Christian Göttsche <cgoettsche@seltendoof.de> writes:
>
>> From: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
>>
>> Improve the documentation around the -e/--equal option for semanage
>> fcontext.
>>
>> Closes: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/issues/457
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com>
Merged with the missing ','
Thanks.
>> ---
>> v2: drop delete_equal() addition
>> ---
>> python/semanage/semanage | 13 +++++++------
>> python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 | 6 +++---
>> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage b/python/semanage/semanage
>> index b269b9fc..dd5066bf 100644
>> --- a/python/semanage/semanage
>> +++ b/python/semanage/semanage
>> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ usage_login = "semanage login [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
>> usage_login_dict = {' --add': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --modify': ('-s SEUSER', '-r RANGE', 'LOGIN',), ' --delete': ('LOGIN',), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>>
>> usage_fcontext = "semanage fcontext [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
>> -usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e EQUAL', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>> +usage_fcontext_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --delete': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --modify': ('(', '-t TYPE', '-f FTYPE', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', '|', '-e TARGET_PATH', ')', 'FILE_SPEC',), ' --list': ('[-C]',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>>
>> usage_user = "semanage user [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] ["
>> usage_user_dict = {' --add': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --delete': ('SEUSER',), ' --modify': ('(', '-L LEVEL', '-R ROLES', '-r RANGE', '-s SEUSER', 'SEUSER', ')'), ' --list': ('-C',), ' --extract': ('',), ' --deleteall': ('',)}
>> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def setupLoginParser(subparsers):
>> def handleFcontext(args):
>> fcontext_args = {'list': [('equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'add': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'modify': [('locallist'), ('type', 'file_spec')], 'delete': [('locallist'), ('file_spec')], 'extract': [('locallist', 'equal', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'type'), ('')], 'deleteall': [('locallist'), ('')]}
>> # we can not use mutually for equal because we can define some actions together with equal
>> - fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ()]}
>> + fcontext_equal_args = {'equal': [('list', 'locallist', 'type', 'ftype', 'seuser', 'deleteall', 'extract'), ('file_spec')]}
>>
>> if args.action and args.equal:
>> handle_opts(args, fcontext_equal_args, "equal")
>> @@ -355,9 +355,10 @@ def setupFcontextParser(subparsers):
>> parser_add_extract(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
>> parser_add_deleteall(fcontext_action, "fcontext")
>>
>> - fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', help=_(
>> - 'Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
>> -path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
>> + fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', metavar='TARGET_PATH' help=_(
>> + 'Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target \
>> +path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. \
>> +The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.'
>> ))
>> fcontextParser.add_argument('-f', '--ftype', default="", choices=["a", "f", "d", "c", "b", "s", "l", "p"], help=_(
>> 'File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use d to match only \
>
> # semanage fcontext -h
> File "/usr/sbin/semanage", line 358
> fcontextParser.add_argument('-e', '--equal', metavar='TARGET_PATH' help=_(
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma?
>
>
>
>
>> @@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".'
>> parser_add_seuser(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
>> parser_add_type(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
>> parser_add_range(fcontextParser, "fcontext")
>> - fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
>> + fcontextParser.add_argument('file_spec', nargs='?', default=None, metavar='FILE_SPEC', help=_('Path to be labeled (may be in the form of a Perl compatible regular expression)'))
>> fcontextParser.set_defaults(func=handleFcontext)
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8 b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
>> index 3e327d88..3a96c62f 100644
>> --- a/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
>> +++ b/python/semanage/semanage-fcontext.8
>> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>> semanage\-fcontext \- SELinux Policy Management file context tool
>>
>> .SH "SYNOPSIS"
>> -.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e EQUAL ) FILE_SPEC ]
>> +.B semanage fcontext [\-h] [\-n] [\-N] [\-S STORE] [ \-\-add ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-delete ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC | \-\-deleteall | \-\-extract | \-\-list [\-C] | \-\-modify ( \-t TYPE \-f FTYPE \-r RANGE \-s SEUSER | \-e TARGET_PATH ) FILE_SPEC ]
>>
>> .SH "DESCRIPTION"
>> semanage is used to configure certain elements of
>> @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction
>> .I \-D, \-\-deleteall
>> Remove all local customizations
>> .TP
>> -.I \-e EQUAL, \-\-equal EQUAL
>> -Substitute target path with sourcepath when generating default label. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
>> +.I \-e TARGET_PATH, \-\-equal TARGET_PATH
>> +Substitute FILE_SPEC with TARGET_PATH for file label lookup. This is used with fcontext. Requires source and target path arguments to be path prefixes and does not support regular expressions. The context labeling for the target subtree is made equivalent to that defined for the source.
>> .TP
>> .I \-f [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}], \-\-ftype [{a,f,d,c,b,s,l,p}]
>> File Type. This is used with fcontext. Requires a file type as shown in the mode field by ls, e.g. use 'd' to match only directories or 'f' to match only regular files. The following file type options can be passed: f (regular file),d (directory),c (character device), b (block device),s (socket),l (symbolic link),p (named pipe). If you do not specify a file type, the file type will default to "all files".
>> --
>> 2.47.1
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