| .TH "sepol_check_context" "3" "15 March 2005" "sds@tycho.nsa.gov" "SE Linux binary policy API documentation" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| sepol_check_context \- Check the validity of a security context against a binary policy. |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .B #include <sepol/sepol.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "int sepol_check_context(const char *" context ");" |
| .sp |
| .BI "int sepol_set_policydb_from_file(FILE *" fp ");" |
| |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .B sepol_check_context |
| checks the validity of a security context against a binary policy |
| previously loaded from a file via |
| .B sepol_set_policydb_from_file. |
| It is used by |
| .B setfiles -c |
| to validate a file contexts configuration against the binary policy |
| upon policy builds. For validating a context against the active |
| policy on a SELinux system, use |
| .B security_check_context |
| from libselinux instead. |
| |
| .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| Returns 0 on success or \-1 with errno set otherwise. |
