How to autorelabel SELinux for an entire file system?

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Issue

  • An autorelabel for SELinux fails: /.autorelabel is detected correctly but fixfiles fails silently.
  • How to relabel a file system that has a large amount of SELinux errors

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SELinux disabled and /etc/selinux/config being updated to set SELINUX=enforcing on the next boot
  • File /.autorelabel exists to force a relabel on the next boot

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