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31.\" $FreeBSD$
32.Dd DECEMBER 12, 2002
33.Os
34.Dt MAC_PREPARE 3
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm mac_prepare
37.Nd allocate appropriate storage for mac_t
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In "sys/mac.h"
40.Ft int
41.Fn mac_prepare "mac_t *mac" "char *elements"
42.Ft int
43.Fn mac_prepare_file_label "mac_t *mac"
44.Ft int
45.Fn mac_prepare_ifnet_label "mac_t *mac"
46.Ft int
47.Fn mac_prepare_process_label "mac_t *mac"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51family of functions allocates the appropriate amount of storage and initializes
52.Fa *mac
53for use by
54.Xr mac_get 3 .
55.Pp
56The
57.Fn mac_prepare
58function accepts a list of policy names as a parameter and allocates the
59storage to fit those label elements accordingly.
60.Pp
61The
62.Fn mac_prepare_file_label ,
63.Fn mac_prepare_ifnet_label ,
64and
65.Fn mac_prepare_process_label
66functions allocate the storage to fit file, network interface,
67and process labels, respectively.
68.Sh RETURN VALUES
69.Rv -std mac_prepare mac_prepare_file_label mac_prepare_ifnet_label mac_prepare_process_label
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr mac 3 ,
72.Xr mac_free 3 ,
73.Xr mac_get 3 ,
74.Xr mac_is_present_np 3 ,
75.Xr mac_set 3 ,
76.Xr mac 4 ,
77.Xr maclabel 7
78.Sh STANDARDS
79POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
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