NAME |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |RETURN VALUE |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
selinux_policy_root(3) SELinux API documentationselinux_policy_root(3)selinux_policy_root - return the path of the SELinux policy files for this machine selinux_set_policy_root - Set an alternate SELinux root path for the SELinux policy files for this machine.
#include <selinux/selinux.h>const char *selinux_policy_root(void);int selinux_set_policy_root(const char *policypath);
selinux_policy_root() reads the contents of the/etc/selinux/config file to determine which policy files should be used for this machine.selinux_set_policy_root() sets up all policy paths based on the alternate root/etc/selinux/config file to determine which policy files should be used for this machine.
On success, selinux_policy_root returns a directory path containing the SELinux policy files. On failure, selinux_policy_root returns NULL. On success, selinux_set_policy_root returns 0 on success -1 on failure.
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