sepo...ntext(3) SE Linux binary policy API documentationsepo...ntext(3)sepol_check_context - Check the validity of a security context against a binary policy.
#include <sepol/sepol.h>int sepol_check_context(const char *context);int sepol_set_policydb_from_file(FILE *fp);
sepol_check_contextchecks the validity of a security context against a binary policy previously loaded from a file viasepol_set_policydb_from_file.It is used bysetfiles -cto validate a file contexts configuration against the binary policy upon policy builds. For validating a context against the active policy on a SELinux system, usesecurity_check_contextfrom libselinux instead.
Returns 0 on success or -1 with errno set otherwise.
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