selabel_lookup_best_match(3) — Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       selabel_lookup_best_match - obtain a best match SELinux security
       context - Only supported on file backend.

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>
       #include <selinux/label.h>

       int selabel_lookup_best_match(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
                                     char **context,
                                     const char *key,
                                     const char **links,
                                     int type);

       int selabel_lookup_best_match_raw(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
                                         char **context,
                                         const char *key,
                                         const char **links,
                                         int type);

DESCRIPTION         top

       selabel_lookup_best_match() performs a best match 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 parameter is a file path to check for best
       match using zero or more link (aliases) parameters. The order of
       precedence for best match is:

              1.  An exact match for the real path (key) or

              2.  An exact match for any of the links (aliases), or

              3.  The longest fixed prefix match.

       The type parameter is an optional file mode argument that should
       be set to the mode bits of the file, as determined by lstat(2).
       mode may be zero, however full matching may not occur.

       selabel_lookup_best_match_raw() behaves identically to
       selabel_lookup_best_match() but does not perform context
       translation.

RETURN VALUE         top

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

ERRORS         top

       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.

NOTES         top

       Example usage - When a service creates a device node, it may also
       create one or more symlinks to the device node.  These symlinks
       may be the only stable name for the device, e.g. if the partition
       is dynamically assigned.  The file label backend supports this by
       looking up the "best match" for a device node based on its real
       path (key) and any links to it (aliases). The order of precedence
       for best match is described above.

SEE ALSO         top

       selabel_open(3), selabel_stats(3), selinux_set_callback(3),
       selinux(8), lstat(2), selabel_file(5)

COLOPHON         top

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