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35.Dd January 9, 2002
36.Dt MAC_IS_PRESENT_NP 3
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mac_is_present_np
39.Nd report whether the running system has MAC support
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In sys/mac.h
42.Ft int
43.Fn mac_is_present "const char *policyname"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn mac_is_present_np
47function determines whether the currently-running kernel supports MAC for
48a given policy or not.
49If
50.Fa policyname
51is non-
52.Ns Dv NULL ,
53the presence of the named policy
54(e.g.
55.Dq biba ,
56.Dq mls ,
57.Dq te )
58is checked, otherwise the presence of any MAC policies at all is checked.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60If the system supports the given MAC policy, the value 1 is returned.
61If the specified MAC policy is not supported, the value 0 is returned.
62If an error occurs, the value -1 is returned.
63.Sh ERRORS
64.Bl -tag -width Er
65.It Bq Er EINVAL
66The value of
67.Fa policyname
68is not valid.
69.It Bq Er ENOMEM
70Insufficient memory was available to allocate internal storage.
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr mac 3
74