NAME

       getfscreatecon,  setfscreatecon  -  get  or set the SELinux security context used for creating a new file
       system object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       int getfscreatecon(char **con);

       int getfscreatecon_raw(char **con);

       int setfscreatecon(char *context);

       int setfscreatecon_raw(char *context);

DESCRIPTION

       getfscreatecon() retrieves the context used for creating a new file system object.  This returned context
       should be freed with freecon(3) if non-NULL.  getfscreatecon() sets *con to NULL if no  fscreate  context
       has been explicitly set by the program (i.e. using the default policy behavior).

       setfscreatecon()  sets  the  context  used  for creating a new file system object.  NULL can be passed to
       setfscreatecon() to reset to the default policy behavior.  The fscreate context  is  automatically  reset
       after the next execve(2), so a program doesn't need to explicitly sanitize it upon startup.

       setfscreatecon()  can  be applied prior to library functions that internally perform an file creation, in
       order to set an file context on the objects.

       getfscreatecon_raw() and setfscreatecon_raw() behave identically to their non-raw counterparts but do not
       perform context translation.

       Note: Signal handlers that perform a setfscreatecon() must take care to  save,  reset,  and  restore  the
       fscreate context to avoid unexpected behavior.

       Note: Contexts are thread specific.

RETURN VALUE

       On error -1 is returned.  On success 0 is returned.

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), freecon(3), getcon(3), getexeccon(3)

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