getfscreatecon(3)

getfscreatecon(3)

[Russell Coker]

RETURN VALUE
       On error -1 is returned.

       On success getfscreatecon  returns  the  length  of  the  context  (not
       including  the  trailing zero byte).  On success setfscreatecon returns
       0.


Currently getfscreatecon() returns 0 on success.  Should we change the man 
page or change the library?

I think that it would be best to change the library.

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Re: getfscreatecon(3)

[Stephen Smalley]

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 13:37 +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> RETURN VALUE
>        On error -1 is returned.
> 
>        On success getfscreatecon  returns  the  length  of  the  context  (not
>        including  the  trailing zero byte).  On success setfscreatecon returns
>        0.
> 
> 
> Currently getfscreatecon() returns 0 on success.  Should we change the man 
> page or change the library?
> 
> I think that it would be best to change the library.

The man page should be fixed.  Or you'd have to change all of the
process-oriented get*con functions.  As the string is NUL-terminated,
you don't need the length.

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Re: getfscreatecon(3)

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Stephen Smalley wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 13:37 +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
>   
>> RETURN VALUE
>>        On error -1 is returned.
>>
>>        On success getfscreatecon  returns  the  length  of  the  context  (not
>>        including  the  trailing zero byte).  On success setfscreatecon returns
>>        0.
>>
>>
>> Currently getfscreatecon() returns 0 on success.  Should we change the man 
>> page or change the library?
>>
>> I think that it would be best to change the library.
>>     
>
> The man page should be fixed.  Or you'd have to change all of the
> process-oriented get*con functions.  As the string is NUL-terminated,
> you don't need the length.
>
>   


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diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibselinux/man/man3/getfscreatecon.3 libselinux-1.30.3/man/man3/getfscreatecon.3
--- nsalibselinux/man/man3/getfscreatecon.3	2004-05-20 11:32:44.000000000 -0400
+++ libselinux-1.30.3/man/man3/getfscreatecon.3	2006-04-26 08:10:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
 save, reset, and restore the fscreate context to avoid unexpected behaviors.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On error -1 is returned.
-
-On success getfscreatecon returns the length of the context (not including
-the trailing zero byte).  On success setfscreatecon returns 0.
+On success 0 is returned.
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR freecon "(3), " getcon "(3), " getexeccon "(3)"