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avc_context_to_sid(3)	   SELinux API documentation	 avc_context_to_sid(3)

NAME
       avc_context_to_sid,  avc_sid_to_context,	 avc_get_initial_sid  - obtain
       and manipulate SELinux security ID's

SYNOPSIS
       #include <selinux/selinux.h>
       #include <selinux/avc.h>

       int avc_context_to_sid(security_context_t ctx, security_id_t *sid);

       int avc_sid_to_context(security_id_t sid, security_context_t *ctx);

       int avc_get_initial_sid(const char *name, security_id_t *sid);

DESCRIPTION
       Security ID's (SID's) are opaque representations of security  contexts,
       managed by the userspace AVC.

       avc_context_to_sid()  returns a SID for the given context in the memory
       referenced by sid.

       avc_sid_to_context() returns a copy of the context represented  by  sid
       in  the	memory	referenced  by	ctx.  The user must free the copy with
       freecon(3).

       avc_get_initial_sid() returns a SID for	the  kernel  initial  security
       identifier specified by name.

RETURN VALUE
       avc_context_to_sid()  and  avc_sid_to_context() return zero on success.
       On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       ENOMEM An attempt to allocate memory failed.

NOTES
       As of libselinux version 2.0.86, SID's are no longer reference counted.
       A  SID  will be valid from the time it is first obtained until the next
       call to avc_destroy(3).	The sidget(3) and  sidput(3)  functions,  for‐
       merly  used  to	adjust	the reference count, are no-ops and are depre‐
       cated.

AUTHOR
       Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov>

SEE ALSO
       avc_init(3), avc_has_perm(3), avc_cache_stats(3), avc_add_callback(3),
       getcon(3), freecon(3), selinux(8)

				  27 May 2004		 avc_context_to_sid(3)
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