Re: access decision API

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On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 00:50 +0330, michel m wrote:
> Hi,
> I have some data in userspace that I am keeping its security
> context.but as I want to write this data on some file in OS, I need to
> consult with security server if such data is allowed to be written on
> the file.
> I would like to know if there is any API that let me do such a
> scenario, that is input source and destination security context (both
> of them security context,not a domain context) and returns access
> decision. I am familiar with avc_has_perm(3), but seems to be not
> correct solution because it gets domain context as the first argument.

avc_has_perm() can be used with any pair of security contexts.  Typical
usage is to pass the security context of a subject/process as the first
argument, but not always (e.g. there are some permission checks that
control inter-object relationships), and that is not a requirement.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency


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