How to have SELinux relabeling in verbose mode

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

• At boot, I would like to have the SELinux relabeling be in verbose mode to see which file contexts are changed

Resolution

• When creating the /.autorelabel file on the root filesystem, prior to rebooting, add the -vv option, as shown below

  # echo "-vv" > /.autorelabel
  

• Reboot the system

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