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33.Dd December 21, 2001
34.Dt MAC_GET 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm mac_get_file ,
38.Nm mac_get_link ,
39.Nm mac_get_fd ,
40.Nm mac_get_peer ,
41.Nm mac_get_pid ,
42.Nm mac_get_proc
43.Nd get the label of a file, socket, socket peer or process
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb libc
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In sys/mac.h
48.Ft int
49.Fn mac_get_file "const char *path" "mac_t label"
50.Ft int
51.Fn mac_get_link "const char *path" "mac_t label"
52.Ft int
53.Fn mac_get_fd "int fd" "mac_t label"
54.Ft int
55.Fn mac_get_peer "int fd" "mac_t label"
56.Ft int
57.Fn mac_get_pid "pid_t pid" "mac_t label"
58.Ft int
59.Fn mac_get_proc "mac_t label"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn mac_get_file
63system call returns the label associated with a file specified by
64pathname.
65The
66.Fn mac_get_link
67function is the same as
68.Fn mac_get_file ,
69except that it does not follow symlinks.
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn mac_get_fd
73system call returns the label associated with an object referenced by
74the specified file descriptor.
75Note that in the case of a file system socket, the label returned will
76be the socket label, which may be different from the label of the
77on-disk node acting as a rendezvous for the socket.
78The
79.Fn mac_get_peer
80system call returns the label associated with the remote endpoint of
81a socket; the exact semantics of this call will depend on the protocol
82domain, communications type, and endpoint; typically this label will
83be cached when a connection-oriented protocol instance is first set up,
84and is undefined for datagram protocols.
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn mac_get_pid
88and
89.Fn mac_get_proc
90system calls return the process label associated with an arbitrary
91process ID, or the current process.
92.Pp
93Label storage for use with these calls must first be allocated and
94prepared using the
95.Xr mac_prepare 3
96functions.
97When an application is done using a label, the memory may be returned
98using
99.Xr mac_free 3 .
100.Sh ERRORS
101.Bl -tag -width Er
102.It Bq Er EACCES
103A component of
104.Fa path
105is not searchable,
106or MAC read access to the file
107is denied.
108.It Bq Er EINVAL
109The requested label operation is not valid for the object referenced by
110.Fa fd .
111.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
112The pathname pointed to by
113.Fa path
114exceeds
115.Dv PATH_MAX ,
116or a component of the pathname exceeds
117.Dv NAME_MAX .
118.It Bq Er ENOENT
119A component of
120.Fa path
121does not exist.
122.It Bq Er ENOMEM
123Insufficient memory is available
124to allocate a new MAC label structure.
125.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
126A component of
127.Fa path
128is not a directory.
129.El
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr mac 3 ,
132.Xr mac_free 3 ,
133.Xr mac_prepare 3 ,
134.Xr mac_set 3 ,
135.Xr mac_text 3 ,
136.Xr posix1e 3 ,
137.Xr mac 4 ,
138.Xr mac 9
139.Sh STANDARDS
140POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
141Discussion of the draft
142continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation mailing list.
143To join this list, see the
144.Fx
145POSIX.1e implementation page
146for more information.
147.Sh HISTORY
148Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in
149.Fx 5.0
150as part of the
151.Tn TrustedBSD
152Project.
153