CONTEXT_TO_SID
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 15 Mar 2000
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NAME
security_context_to_sid - Get a SID for a security context string
SYNOPSIS
#include <ss.h>
int security_context_to_sid(security_context_t scontext, __u32 *scontext_len, security_id_t *out_sid);
DESCRIPTION
The
security_context_to_sid
call is used to obtain a SID associated with the
security context that has the string representation
specified by
scontext.
The
scontext_len
parameter specifies the length of the string, including
the terminating NULL character.
RETURN VALUE
A zero is returned on success. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EINVAL
-
The context was invalid.
- EACCES
-
The process is not authorized to invoke this call.
SEE ALSO
security_compute_av(2), security_sid_to_context(2), security_context_to_sid(2), security_transition_sid(2), security_member_sid(2), security_load_policy(2), security_notify_perm(2), security_get_sids(2)
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