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diff --git a/libsepol/man/man3/sepol_check_context.3 b/libsepol/man/man3/sepol_check_context.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a63cd562 --- /dev/null +++ b/libsepol/man/man3/sepol_check_context.3 @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +.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. |