NAME

       aa_splitcon - split the confinement context into a label and mode

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/apparmor.h>

       char *aa_splitcon(char *con, char **mode);

       Link with -lapparmor when compiling.

DESCRIPTION

       The aa_splitcon() function splits a confinement context into separate label and mode
       strings. The @con string is modified so that the label portion is NUL terminated. The
       enforcement mode is also NUL terminated and the parenthesis surrounding the mode are
       removed. If @mode is non-NULL, it will point to the first character in the enforcement
       mode string on success.

       The Linux kernel's /proc/<PID>/attr/current interface appends a trailing newline character
       to AppArmor contexts that are read from that file.  If @con contains a single trailing
       newline character, it will be stripped by aa_splitcon() prior to all other processing.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns a pointer to the first character in the label string. NULL is returned on error.

EXAMPLE

        Context                        Label               Mode
        -----------------------------  ------------------  -------
        unconfined                     unconfined          NULL
        unconfined\n                   unconfined          NULL
        /bin/ping (enforce)            /bin/ping           enforce
        /bin/ping (enforce)\n          /bin/ping           enforce
        /usr/sbin/rsyslogd (complain)  /usr/sbin/rsyslogd  complain

BUGS

       None known. If you find any, please report them at
       <https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+filebug>.

SEE ALSO

       aa_getcon(2) and <https://wiki.apparmor.net>.