avc_get_initial_sid(3) - Linux man page
Name
avc_context_to_sid, avc_sid_to_context, avc_get_initial_sid - obtain and manipulate SELinux security ID's.Synopsis
#include <selinux/avc.h>
int avc_context_to_sid(security_context_t ctx, security_id_t *sid);
int avc_sid_to_context(security_id_t sid, security_context_t *ctx);
int avc_get_initial_sid(const char *name, security_id_t *sid);
Description
Security ID's (SID's) are opaque representations of security contexts, managed by the userspace AVC.avc_context_to_sid returns a SID for the given context in the memory referenced by sid.
avc_sid_to_context returns a copy of the context represented by sid in the memory referenced by ctx. The user must free the copy with freecon(3).
avc_get_initial_sid returns a SID for the kernel initial security identifier specified by name.
Return Value
avc_context_to_sid and avc_sid_to_context return zero on success. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.Errors
- ENOMEM
- An attempt to allocate memory failed.