selinux_policy_root(3)

selinux_policy_root3

Return the path of the selinux policy files for this machine selinux_set_policy_root - set an alternate selinux root path for the selinux policy files for this machine.

Usage

#include <selinux/selinux.h>

const char *selinux_policy_root(void);

int selinux_set_policy_root(const char *policypath);

Overview

selinux_policy_root() reads the contents of the /etc/selinux/config file to determine which policy files should be used for this machine. selinux_set_policy_root() sets up all policy paths based on the alternate root

/etc/selinux/config file to determine which policy files should be used for this machine.

Return value

On success, selinux_policy_root returns a directory path containing the SELinux policy files. On failure, selinux_policy_root returns NULL.

On success, selinux_set_policy_root returns 0 on success -1 on failure.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0–7
  3. 8–10
  4. 11–13

From libselinux1-dev 3.8.1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.