debian man page for selabel_lookup

selabel_lookup(3)					     SELinux API documentation						 selabel_lookup(3)

NAME
       selabel_lookup - obtain SELinux security context from a string label.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       #include <selinux/label.h>

       int selabel_lookup(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
			  security_context_t *context,

			  const char *key, int type);

       int selabel_lookup_raw(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
			      security_context_t *context,

			      const char *key, int type);

DESCRIPTION
       selabel_lookup performs a lookup operation on the handle hnd, returning the result in the memory pointed to by context, which must be freed
       by the caller using freecon(3).	The key and type parameters are the inputs to the lookup operation and are interpreted	according  to  the
       specific backend that handle is open on.

       selabel_lookup_raw behaves identically to selabel_lookup but does not perform context translation.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       ENOENT No context corresponding to the input key and type was found.

       EINVAL The key and/or type inputs are invalid, or the context being returned failed validation.

       ENOMEM An attempt to allocate memory failed.

AUTHOR
       Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov>

SEE ALSO
       selabel_open(3), selabel_stats(3), selinux_set_callback(3), selinux(8)

								    18 Jun 2007 						 selabel_lookup(3)