selinux_file_context_cmp(3) comparison of two file contexts.

Other Alias

selinux_file_context_verify

SYNOPSIS

#include <selinux/selinux.h>

int selinux_file_context_cmp(const security_context_t a, const security_context_t b);

int selinux_file_context_verify(const char *path, mode_t mode);

DESCRIPTION

selinux_file_context_cmp compares two file contexts to see if their differences are "significant", the function runs the strcmp function ignoring the user componant of the file context.

selinux_file_context_verify compares the file context on disk to the system default.

RETURN VALUE

Returns zero on success or -1 otherwise.