NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | FILES | NOTES | EXAMPLE | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

selinux_raw_context_to_color(3)ry Functions Manualux_raw_context_to_color(3)

NAME         top

       selinux_raw_context_to_color - Return RGB color string for an SELinux
       security context

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>
       int selinux_raw_context_to_color(char *raw,
              char **color_str);

DESCRIPTION         top

       selinux_raw_context_to_color() returns a color_str associated to the
       raw context raw provided that the mcstransd(8) daemon is running, the
       policy is an MLS type policy (MCS or MLS) and there is a color
       configuration file secolor.conf(5) (see the FILES section).
       The color_str string is a space separated list of eight hexadecimal
       RGB triples, each prefixed by a hash character (#). These represent
       the user:role:type:range components of the foreground and background
       colors. An example string is shown in the EXAMPLE section.
       The returned color_str string must be freed with free(3).
       If a color has not been configured for a specific user, role, type
       and/or range component of context raw, then
       selinux_raw_context_to_color() will select the color returned in
       color_str in order of precedence as follows:
              role, type, range
              user, type, range
              user, role, range
              user, role, type
       If there are no entries in the secolor.conf(5) file for any of the
       components of context raw (or the file is not present), then the
       default string returned in color_str is:
              ----- user ---- ---- role ----  ---- type ----  ---- range
              ----
              #000000 #ffffff #000000 #ffffff #000000 #ffffff #000000
              #ffffff

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, zero is returned.
       On failure, -1 is returned with errno set appropriately.

ERRORS         top

       ENOENT If the mcstransd(8) daemon is not running.

FILES         top

       selinux_raw_context_to_color() obtains the translated entry from the
       active policy secolor.conf(5) file as returned by
       selinux_colors_path(3).  The file format is described in
       secolor.conf(5).

NOTES         top

       1. The primary use of selinux_raw_context_to_color() is to return a
       color that corresponds to a range, that can then be used to highlight
       information at different MLS levels.
       2. The mcstransd(8) daemon process security level must dominate the
       raw security level passed to it by the selinux_raw_context_to_color()
       function. If not, the range color selected will be as defined by the
       order of precedence.

EXAMPLE         top

       selinux_raw_context_to_color() returns the foreground and background
       colors of the context string components (user:role:type:range) as RGB
       triples as follows:
             user     :       role      :      type      :      range
         fg       bg  :   fg       bg   :  fg       bg   :  fg       bg
       #000000 #ffffff  #ffffff #000000  #d2b48c #ffa500  #000000 #008000
        black   white :  white   black  : tan    orange  : black   green

SEE ALSO         top

       selinux(8), selinux_colors_path(3), mcstransd(8), secolor.conf(5),
       selinux_raw_to_trans_context(3), selinux_trans_to_raw_context(3),
       free(3)

COLOPHON         top

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Pages that refer to this page: selinux_colors_path(3)secolor.conf(5)