.TH "set_matchpathcon_flags" "3" "21 November 2009" "sds@tycho.nsa.gov" "SELinux API documentation"
.SH "NAME"
set_matchpathcon_flags, set_matchpathcon_invalidcon, set_matchpathcon_printf \- set flags controlling the operation of matchpathcon or matchpathcon_index and configure the behaviour of validity checking and error displaying
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B #include <selinux/selinux.h>
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.BI "void set_matchpathcon_flags(unsigned int " flags ");"
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.BI "void set_matchpathcon_invalidcon(int (*" f ")(const char *" path ", unsigned " lineno ", char *" context "));"
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.BI "void set_matchpathcon_printf(void (*" f ")(const char *" fmt ", ...));"
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.BR set_matchpathcon_flags ()
sets the flags controlling the operation of 
.BR matchpathcon_init (3)
and subsequently
.BR matchpathcon_index (3)
or
.BR matchpathcon (3).
If the 
.B MATCHPATHCON_BASEONLY
flag is set, then only the base file contexts configuration file
will be processed, not any dynamically generated entries or local customizations.
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.BR set_matchpathcon_invalidcon ()
sets the function used by 
.BR matchpathcon_init (3)
when checking the validity of a context in the file contexts
configuration.  If not set, then this defaults to a test based 
on 
.BR security_check_context (3),
which checks validity against the active policy on a SELinux system.
This can be set to instead perform checking based on a binary policy file,
e.g. using 
.BR sepol_check_context (3),
as is done by 
.B setfiles \-c.
The function is also responsible for reporting any such error, and
may include the 
.I path
and
.I lineno
in such error messages.
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.BR set_matchpathcon_printf ()
sets the function used by 
.BR matchpathcon_init (3)
when displaying errors about the file contexts configuration.  If not set, 
then this defaults to fprintf(stderr, fmt, ...).  This can be set to redirect
error reporting to a different destination.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns zero on success or \-1 otherwise.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.ad l
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.BR selinux "(8), " matchpathcon "(3), " matchpathcon_index "(3), " set_matchpathcon_invalidcon "(3), " set_matchpathcon_printf "(3), " freecon "(3), " setfilecon "(3), " setfscreatecon "(3)"