Re: difference between setfiles and restorecon

Vit,

Thanks for the links.
I can use restorecon to recover to default value if file content is changed
by the chcon command.
But setfiles does nothing when the file is changed by chcon.

May I change something and let setfiles recover it?

---henry

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:15 AM Vit Mojzis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> let me walk you through the steps to find this info on your own.
>
> # dnf provides setfiles
> policycoreutils-3.3-4.fc36.x86_64 : SELinux policy core utilities
> # dnf provides restorecon
> policycoreutils-3.3-4.fc36.x86_64 : SELinux policy core utilities
>
> So both utilities are shipped as part of policycoreutils package.
> The package is build from the following repository:
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/policycoreutils
> The spec file
> (
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/policycoreutils/blob/rawhide/f/policycoreutils.spec#_18)
>
> shows that the source code repository is
> https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux
>
> $ git clone https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux ; cd selinux
> $ find -name setfiles.c
> ./policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c
>
> This is actually the source file for both tools. Their behavior changes
> based on the executable name
>
> https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/blob/main/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c#L178
>
> Hope this helps,
> Vit
>
> On 6/8/23 20:01, Henry Zhang wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I want to know the difference between setfiles and restorecon.
> > Where can I get source codes of setfiles and restorecon?
> >
> > ---henry
> >
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