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.TH "SECURITY_CONTEXT_TO_SID" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
security_context_to_sid \- Obtain a SID for a given security context.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
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int security_context_to_sid  (char * \fIscontext\fB, u32 \fIscontext_len\fB, u32 * \fIsid\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIscontext\fB\fR
security context
.TP
\fB\fIscontext_len\fB\fR
length in bytes
.TP
\fB\fIsid\fB\fR
security identifier, SID
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Obtains a SID associated with the security context that
has the string representation specified by \fIscontext\fR\&.
Returns -EINVAL if the context is invalid, -ENOMEM if insufficient
memory is available, or 0 on success.