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Red Hat Certified System Administrator EX200 (RHEL 10) · Domain 10: Manage security

Listing and identifying SELinux file and process contexts (ls -Z, ps -eZ, id -Z)

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Everything SELinux decides is based on labels called security contexts. Every file, directory, process, port and user session has one. Before you can fix an SELinux problem, you need to read these labels and notice when one is wrong. Almost every RHCSA SELinux task starts with a -Z option.

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