is_context_customizable

Section: SELinux API documentation (3)
Updated: 10 January 2005
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NAME

is_context_customizable - check whether SELinux context type is customizable by the administrator.

SYNOPSIS

#include <selinux/selinux.h>

int is_context_customizable(security_context_t scon);

DESCRIPTION

is_context_customizable

This function checks whether the type of scon is in the /etc/selinux/SELINUXTYPE/context/customizable_types file. A customizable type is a file context type that administrators set on files, usually to allow certain domains to share the file content. restorecon and setfiles, by default, leave these context in place.

RETURN VALUE

returns 1 if security context is customizable or 0 if it is not. returns -1 on error

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