matchmediacon(3) — Linux manual page

matchmediacon(3)        SELinux API documentation       matchmediacon(3)

NAME         top

       matchmediacon - get the default SELinux security context for the
       specified mediatype from the policy

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       int matchmediacon(const char *media, char **con);

DESCRIPTION         top

       matchmediacon() matches the specified media type with the media
       contexts configuration and sets the security context con to refer
       to the resulting context.

       Note: Caller must free returned security context con using
       freecon(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       Returns 0 on success or -1 otherwise.

Files         top

       /etc/selinux/{POLICYTYPE}/contexts/files/media

SEE ALSO         top

       selinux(8), freecon(3)

COLOPHON         top

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dwalsh@redhat.com           15 November 2004            matchmediacon(3)

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