setfmac(8)

setfmac8

Set mac label for a file system object

Usage

setfmac [-hqR] label file ...

Overview

The setfmac utility assigns the specified MAC label to the specified files. The following options are available:

-R

Set the labels on the file hierarchies rooted in the files instead of just the files themselves.

-h

If the file is a symbolic link, change the label of the link rather than the file that the link points to.

-q

Do not print non-fatal warnings during execution.

Releases

56 releases since FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; the text changed 34 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 5.1–5.2.1
  3. 5.3–6.3
  4. 6.4
  5. 7.0
  6. 7.1
  7. 7.2
  8. 7.3
  9. 7.4
  10. 8.0
  11. 8.1
  12. 8.2
  13. 8.3
  14. 8.4
  15. 9.0
  16. 9.1
  17. 9.2
  18. 9.3
  19. 10.0
  20. 10.1
  21. 10.2
  22. 10.3
  23. 10.4
  24. 11.0
  25. 11.1
  26. 11.2
  27. 11.3
  28. 11.4
  29. 12.0
  30. 12.1
  31. 12.2
  32. 12.3
  33. 12.4
  34. 13.0–13.2
  35. 13.3–16.0

-q since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE.

-e until FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; -f until FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; -s until FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; -v until FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; -x until FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.