getfscreatecon(3)					     SELinux API documentation						 getfscreatecon(3)

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(security_context_t *con);

       int getfscreatecon_raw(security_context_t *con);

       int setfscreatecon(security_context_t context);

       int setfscreatecon_raw(security_context_t 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 pol-
       icy 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)