Linux chcon: can't apply partial context to unlabeled file

Question

I'm getting and error when i'm trying to run this command:

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/bin/esxcli/_ssl.so

The error that i got:

chcon: can't apply partial context to unlabeled file `/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/bin/esxcli/_ssl.so'

Any idea how to solve it?

Solution 1

Try to run this:

chcon -h system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t  /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/bin/esxcli/_ssl.so

instead of:

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/bin/esxcli/_ssl.so

Solution 2

There's not quite enough context of what your goal is to answer with great accuracy, but here's some things that may help.

If you want to restore a context to a section of a directory tree: restorecon -rnv /path/to/dir

the flags are recursive, no-changes, and verbose

You can also use use chcon --reference=file_with_good_perms your_file

ls -Z --> to view selinux contexts