context_new(3) - Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

context_new(3)            SELinux API documentation           context_new(3)

NAME         top

       context_new,   context_str,   context_free,   context_type_get,  con‐
       text_type_set, context_range_get, context_range_set,context_role_get,
       context_role_set,  context_user_get,  context_user_set  - Routines to
       manipulate SELinux security contexts

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <selinux/context.h>

       context_t context_new(const char *context_str);

       const char * context_str(context_t con);

       void context_free(context_t con);

       const char * context_type_get(context_t con);

       const char * context_range_get(context_t con);

       const char * context_role_get(context_t con);

       const char * context_user_get(context_t con);

       int context_type_set(context_t con, const char *type);

       int context_range_set(context_t con, const char *range);

       int context_role_set(context_t con, const char *role);

       int context_user_set(context_t con, const char *user);

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions allow an application to manipulate the fields of a
       security context string without requiring it to know the format of
       the string.

       context_new() returns a new context initialized to a context string.

       context_str() returns a pointer to the string value of the context_t,
       valid until the next call to context_str() or context_free() for the
       same context_t*.

       context_free() frees the storage used by a context.

       context_type_get(), context_range_get(), context_role_get(),
       context_user_get() get a pointer to the string value of a context
       component.

       Note: Values returned by the get functions are only valid until the
       next call to a set function or context_free() for the same context_t
       structure.

       context_type_set(), context_range_set(), context_role_set(),
       context_user_set() set a context component.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On failure context_*_set() functions return non-zero and 0 on
       success.

       The other functions return NULL on failure and non-NULL on success.

       On failure errno is set appropriately.

SEE ALSO         top

       selinux(8)

COLOPHON         top

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dwalsh@redhat.com             20 December 2011                context_new(3)