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💖 selinux_restorecon_set_alt_rootpath(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SELinux API documentation — this one's a lil function from the SELinux crew and she is SHORT but she is IMPORTANT, so pay attention 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

selinux_restorecon_set_alt_rootpath — the way she just... sets an alternate rootpath. that's it. that's the whole job 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <selinux/restorecon.h>

int selinux_restorecon_set_alt_rootpath(const char *alt_rootpath);

like yes, one header, one function, one argument. minimalism is the vibe ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓 — selinux_restorecon_set_alt_rootpath() hands over to selinux_restorecon(3) a pointer that's holding an alternate rootpath, and that pointer is called alt_rootpath. that's literally the entire plot.

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ selinux_restorecon_set_alt_rootpath() must be called prior to selinux_restorecon(3). like. before. not after. before. don't be out here calling it late, she does not do tardiness 😭

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

• Success — she returns zero 💚 slay, iconic, no notes.
• Error — she returns -1 and errno gets set appropriately. it's giving "something went wrong and she's telling you about it" 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• selinux_restorecon(3)
• selinux_restorecon_set_sehandle(3)
• selinux_restorecon_default_handle(3)
• selinux_restorecon_set_exclude_list(3)
• selinux_restorecon_xattr(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! no cap, every flag, every return value, every reference — all accounted for 💜

this lil baddie came out of Security Enhanced Linux and her page is dated 29 May 2016 — vintage, lowkey, still serving 🎀

periodt. go call your functions in the right order. mwah 💅✨