50.2.13. Changing to a Different Role

You use the newrole command to run a new shell with the specified type and/or role. Changing roles is typically only meaningful in the strict policy; the targeted policy is generally restricted to a single role. Changing types may be useful for testing, validation, and development purposes.

newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]

newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]newrole -r <role_r> -t <type_t> [-- [ARGS]...]

The ARGS are passed directly to the shell specified in the user's entry in the /etc/passwd file.