1getcon(3) SE Linux API documentation getcon(3)
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6 getcon, getprevcon, getpidcon - get SELinux security context of a
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9 getpeercon - get security context of a peer socket.
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11 setcon - set current security context of a process.
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14 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
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16 int getcon(security_context_t *context);
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18 int getprevcon(security_context_t *context);
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20 int getpidcon(pid_t pid, security_context_t *context);
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24 int setcon(security_context_t context);
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28 getcon retrieves the context of the current process, which must be
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31 getprevcon same as getcon but gets the context before the last exec.
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33 getpidcon returns the process context for the specified PID.
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35 getpeercon retrieves context of peer socket, and set *context to refer
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38 setcon sets the current security context of the process to a new value.
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42 con(3). When possible, decompose your applicaiton and use setexeccon()
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47 descriptors opened by the old context if that is desired. Otherwise,
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70russell@coker.com.au 1 January 2004 getcon(3)