selinux_file_context_cmp - Compare two SELinux security contexts excluding the 'user' component
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Description
selinux_file_context_cmp() compares two context strings excluding the user component with strcmp(3) as
shown in the EXAMPLE section.
This is useful as for most object contexts, the user component is not relevant.
Errors
None.
Example
If context a is:
user_u:user_r:user_t:s0
and context b is:
root:user_r:user_t:s0
then the actual strings compared are:
:user_r:user_t:s0 and :user_r:user_t:s0
Therefore they will match and selinux_file_context_cmp() will return zero.
Name
selinux_file_context_cmp - Compare two SELinux security contexts excluding the 'user' component
Notes
The contexts being compared do not specifically need to be file contexts.
Return Value
The return values follow the strcmp(3) function, where:
0 if they are equal.
1 if a is greater than b
-1 if a is less than bSee Also
selinux(8) SELinux API documentation 08 March 2011 selinux_file_context_cmp(3)
Synopsis
#include<selinux/selinux.h>intselinux_file_context_cmp(constchar*a,constchar*b);
