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getfilecon(3)		   SELinux API documentation		 getfilecon(3)

NAME
       getfilecon,  fgetfilecon, lgetfilecon - get SELinux security context of
       a file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       int getfilecon(const char *path, security_context_t *con);

       int lgetfilecon(const char *path, security_context_t *con);

       int fgetfilecon(int fd, security_context_t *con);

DESCRIPTION
       getfilecon retrieves the context associated with the given path in  the
       file system, the length of the context is returned.

       lgetfilecon  is	identical  to getfilecon, except in the case of a sym‐
       bolic link, where the link itself is interrogated, not the file that it
       refers to.

       fgetfilecon  is	identical to getfilecon, only the open file pointed to
       by filedes (as returned by open(2)) is interrogated in place of path.

       The returned context should be freed with freecon if non-NULL.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, a positive number is returned indicating the	 size  of  the
       extended	 attribute value. On failure, -1 is returned and errno is  set
       appropriately.

       If the context does not exist, or the process has  no  access  to  this
       attribute, errno is set to ENODATA.

       If extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are dis-
       abled, errno is set to ENOTSUP.

       The errors documented for the stat(2) system call are  also  applicable
       here.

SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), freecon(3), setfilecon(3), setfscreatecon(3)

russell@coker.com.au		1 January 2004			 getfilecon(3)
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