NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mac_get_file, mac_get_fd, mac_get_proc -- get the label of a file,
     socket, socket peer or process

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/mac.h>

     int
     mac_get_file(const char *path, mac_t label);

     int
     mac_get_fd(int fd, mac_t label);

     int
     mac_get_peer(int fd, mac_t label);

     int
     mac_get_pid(pid_t pid, mac_t label);

     int
     mac_get_proc(mac_t label);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mac_get_file() system call returns the label associated with a file
     specified by pathname.

     The mac_get_fd() system call returns the label associated with an object
     referenced by the specified file descriptor.  Note that in the case of a
     file system socket, the label returned will be the socket label, which
     may be different from the label of the on-disk node acting as a rendezvous
 for the socket.  The mac_get_peer() system call returns the label
     associated with the remote endpoint of a socket; the exact semantics of
     this call will depend on the protocol domain, communications type, and
     endpoint; typically this label will be cached when a connection-oriented
     protocol instance is first set up, and is undefined for datagram protocols.


     The mac_get_pid() and mac_get_proc() system calls return the process
     label associated with an arbitrary process id, or the current process.

     Label storage for use with these calls must first be allocated and prepared
 using the mac_prepare(3) functions.	When an application is done
     using a label, the memory may be returned using mac_free(3).

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     [EACCES]		A component of path is not searchable, or MAC read
			access to the file is denied.

     [EINVAL]		The requested label operation is not valid for the
			object referenced by fd.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]	The pathname pointed to by path exceeds PATH_MAX, or a
			component of the pathname exceeds NAME_MAX.

     [ENOENT]		A component of path does not exist.

     [ENOMEM]		Insufficient memory is available to allocate a new MAC
			label structure.

     [ENOTDIR]		A component of path is not a directory.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     mac(3), mac_free(3), mac_prepare(3), mac_set(3), mac_text(3), mac(4),
     mac(9)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.  Discussion of the draft
     continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation mailing list.  To
     join this list, see the FreeBSD POSIX.1e implementation page for more
     information.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in FreeBSD 5.0 as
     part of the TrustedBSD Project.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       December 21, 2001		 FreeBSD 5.2.1