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NAME top

       semanage_user - SELinux User Management API

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <semanage/user_record.h>
       #include <semanage/users_policy.h>
       #include <semanage/users_local.h>

       This object contains properties associated with a SELinux user.
       Typically many Unix users are mapped to the same SELinux user. See
       semanage_seuser(3) for overview of the Unix user API.

       For details on a specific function, see its manual page.

Record API Overview top


       semanage_user_create(3)-
              create a user

       semanage_user_free(3)-
              release resources for this user

       semanage_user_key_create(3)-
              create a key, which can be used to identify a user

       semanage_user_key_free(3)-
              release resources for this user key

       semanage_user_key_extract(3)-
              create a key matching this user

       semanage_user_clone(3)-
              create an identical user (deep-copy clone)

       semanage_user_compare(3)-
              compare this user to the provided key

       semanage_user_compare2(3)-
              compare this user to another

Properties API Overview top


       semanage_user_get_name(3)-
              return the name of this user

       semanage_user_set_name(3)-
              set the name of this user

       semanage_user_get_prefix(3)-
              return the labeling prefix for this user, used to control
              the contexts of user directories

       semanage_user_set_prefix(3)-
              set the labeling prefix for this user

       semanage_user_get_mlslevel(3)-
              return the default MLS level, which is assigned to this
              user at login time

       semanage_user_set_mlslevel(3)-
              set the default MLS level

       semanage_user_get_mlsrange(3)-
              return the range of valid MLS sensitivities and categories
              for this user

       semanage_user_set_mlsrange(3)-
              set the range of valid MLS sensitivities and categories for
              this user

       semanage_user_add_role(3)-
              add a role to the user's list of valid roles

       semanage_user_del_role(3)-
              remove a role from the user's list of valid roles

       semanage_user_has_role(3)-
              check if a role is valid for this user

       semanage_user_get_num_roles(3)-
              return the number of valid roles for this user

       semanage_user_get_roles(3)-
              return an array containing the roles for this user

       semanage_user_set_roles(3)- set the roles for this user

Record Store API Overview top


       semanage_user_modify_local(3)-
              add or update a user in the local store

       semanage_user_del_local(3)-
              delete a user from the local store

       semanage_user_exists(3)-
              check if a user is defined in the persistent policy

       semanage_user_exists_local(3)-
              check if a user is defined in the local store

       semanage_user_query(3)-
              query a user in the persistent policy

       semanage_user_query_local(3)-
              query a user in the local store

       semanage_user_count(3)-
              count the number of users defined in the persistent policy

       semanage_user_count_local(3)-
              count the number of users defined in the local store

       semanage_user_iterate(3)-
              execute a callback for each user in the persistent policy

       semanage_user_iterate_local(3)-
              execute a callback for each user in the local store

       semanage_user_list(3)-
              return an array containing all users in the persistent
              policy

       semanage_user_list_local(3)-
              return an array containing all users in the local store

COLOPHON top

       This page is part of the selinux (Security-Enhanced Linux user-
       space libraries and tools) project.  Information about the project
       can be found at ⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki⟩.
       If you have a bug report for this manual page, see
       ⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Contributing⟩.
       This page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
       ⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux⟩ on 2025-08-11.  (At
       that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
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ivg2@cornell.edu              16 March 2006              semanage_user(3)

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