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<h1>Layer: system</h1><p/>
<h2>Module: files</h2><p/>
<h3>Description:</h3>
<p>
</p><p>
This module contains basic filesystem types and interfaces. This
includes:
</p><ul><li>The concept of different file types including basic
files, mount points, tmp files, etc.</li><li>Access to groups of files and all files.</li><li>Types and interfaces for the basic filesystem layout
(/, /etc, /tmp, /usr, etc.).</li></ul><p>
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<h3>Interfaces: </h3>
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<b>files_create_root</b>(
domain
,
[
private type
]
,
[
object
]
)<br>
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<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Create an object in the root directory, with a private
type. If no object class is specified, the
default is file.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
private type
</td><td>
The type of the object to be created. If no type
is specified, the type of the root directory will
be used.
</td><td>
yes
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
object
</td><td>
The object class of the object being created. If
no class is specified, file will be used.
</td><td>
yes
</td></tr>
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<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_delete_generic_etc_files</b>(
domain
)<br>
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<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Delete system configuration files in /etc.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
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<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_dontaudit_ioctl_all_pids</b>(
domain
)<br>
</div>
<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Do not audit attempts to ioctl daemon runtime data files.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_dontaudit_write_all_pids</b>(
domain
)<br>
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<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Do not audit attempts to write to daemon runtime data files.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_exec_usr_files</b>(
domain
)<br>
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<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Execute programs in /usr/src in the caller domain.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_list_home</b>(
domain
)<br>
</div>
<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Get listing home home directories.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the process performing this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_manage_all_files</b>(
domain
,
[
exception_types
]
)<br>
</div>
<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Manage all files on the filesystem, except
the listed exceptions.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the domain perfoming this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
exception_types
</td><td>
The types to be excluded. Each type or attribute
must be negated by the caller.
</td><td>
yes
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_relabel_all_files</b>(
domain
,
[
exception_types
]
)<br>
</div>
<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Relabel all files on the filesystem, except
the listed exceptions.
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
domain
</td><td>
The type of the domain perfoming this action.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
exception_types
</td><td>
The types to be excluded. Each type or attribute
must be negated by the caller.
</td><td>
yes
</td></tr>
</table>
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<div id="interface">
<div id="codeblock">
<b>files_tmpfs_file</b>(
type
)<br>
</div>
<div id="description">
<h5>Description</h5>
<p>
Transform the type into a file, for use on a
virtual memory filesystem (tmpfs).
</p>
<h5>Parameters</h5>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="80%">
<tr><th >Parameter:</td><th >Description:</td><th >Optional:</td></tr>
<tr><td>
type
</td><td>
The type to be transformed.
</td><td>
No
</td></tr>
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