LinuxCommandLibrary

secon

Get the SELinux security context of a file, pid, current execution context, or a context specification.

TLDR

Get the security context of the current execution context

$ secon
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Get the current security context of a process
$ secon --pid [1]
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Get the current security context of a file, resolving all intermediate symlinks
$ secon --file [path/to/file_or_directory]
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Get the current security context of a symlink itself (i.e. do not resolve)
$ secon --link [path/to/symlink]
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Parse and explain a context specification
$ secon [system_u:system_r:container_t:s0:c899,c900]
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