getsockcreatecon(3)					     SELinux API documentation					       getsockcreatecon(3)

NAME
getsockcreatecon, setsockcreatecon - get or set the SELinux security context used for creating a new labeled sockets SYNOPSIS
#include <selinux/selinux.h> int getsockcreatecon(security_context_t *con); int getsockcreatecon_raw(security_context_t *con); int setsockcreatecon(security_context_t context); int setsockcreatecon_raw(security_context_t context); DESCRIPTION
getsockcreatecon() retrieves the context used for creating a new labeled network socket. This returned context should be freed with freecon(3) if non-NULL. getsockcreatecon() sets *con to NULL if no sockcreate context has been explicitly set by the program (i.e. using the default policy behavior). setsockcreatecon() sets the context used for creating a new labeled network sockets NULL can be passed to setsockcreatecon() to reset to the default policy behavior. The sockcreate context is automatically reset after the next execve(2), so a program doesn't need to explic- itly sanitize it upon startup. setsockcreatecon() can be applied prior to library functions that internally perform an file creation, in order to set an file context on the objects. getsockcreatecon_raw() and setsockcreatecon_raw() behave identically to their non-raw counterparts but do not perform context translation. Note: Signal handlers that perform a setsockcreatecon() must take care to save, reset, and restore the sockcreate context to avoid unex- pected 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) dwalsh@redhat.com 24 September 2008 getsockcreatecon(3)