security_check_context — check the validity of a SELinux context

Synopsis

#include <selinux/selinux.h>

int security_check_context(char *con);

int security_check_context_raw(char *con);

Description

security_check_context() returns 0 if SELinux is running and the context is valid, otherwise it returns -1.

security_check_context_raw() behaves identically to security_check_context() but does not perform context translation.

See Also

selinux(8)

Referenced By

selabel_open(3), set_matchpathcon_flags(3).

The man page security_check_context_raw(3) is an alias of security_check_context(3).

1 January 2004 russell@coker.com.au SELinux API documentation