setfilecon(3)						     SELinux API documentation						     setfilecon(3)

NAME

       setfilecon, fsetfilecon, lsetfilecon - set SELinux security context of a file

SYNOPSIS

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       int setfilecon(const char *path, security_context_t con);

       int lsetfilecon(const char *path, security_context_t con);

       int fsetfilecon(int fd, security_context_t con);

DESCRIPTION

       setfilecon sets the security context of the file system object.

       lsetfilecon  is	identical  to  setfilecon, except in the case of a symbolic link, where the link itself has it's context set, not the file
       that it refers to.

       fsetfilecon is identical to setfilecon, only the open file pointed to by filedes (as returned by open(2)) has it's context set in place	of
       path.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, zero is returned. On failure, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

       If  there  is insufficient space remaining to store the extended attribute, errno is set to either ENOSPC, or EDQUOT if quota enforce- ment
       was the cause.

       If extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are dis- abled, errno is set to ENOTSUP.

       The errors documented for the stat(2) system call are also applicable here.

SEE ALSO

       selinux(3), freecon(3), getfilecon(3), setfscreatecon(3)

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