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getfscreatecon(3) SELinux API documentation getfscreatecon(3) NAME getfscreatecon, setfscreatecon - get or set the SELinux security con- text used for creating a new file system object. SYNOPSIS #include <selinux/selinux.h> int getfscreatecon(security_context_t *con); int setfscreatecon(security_context_t context); DESCRIPTION getfscreatecon retrieves the context used for creating a new file sys- tem object. This returned context should be freed with freecon if non- NULL. getfscreatecon sets *con to NULL if no fscreate context has been explicitly set by the program (i.e. using the default policy behavior). setfscreatecon sets the context used for creating a new file system object. NULL can be passed to setfscreatecon to reset to the default policy behavior. The fscreate context is automatically reset after the next execve, so a program doesn't need to explicitly sanitize it upon startup. setfscreatecon can be applied prior to library functions that inter- nally perform an file creation, in order to set an file context on the objects. Note: Signal handlers that perform an setfscreate must take care to save, reset, and restore the fscreate context to avoid unexpected behaviors. RETURN VALUE On error -1 is returned. On success 0 is returned. SEE ALSO selinux(8), freecon(3), getcon(3), getexeccon(3) <a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au">russell@coker.com.au</a> 1 January 2004 getfscreatecon(3)