---
name: "selinux_check_securetty_context"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libselinux1-dev"
version: "3.8.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/selinux_check_securetty_context"
---

# selinux\_check\_securetty\_context(3)

check whether a SELinux tty security context is defined as a securetty context

## NAME

selinux\_check\_securetty\_context - check whether a SELinux tty security context is defined as a securetty context

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<selinux/selinux.h\>**

**int selinux\_check\_securetty\_context(const char \****tty\_context***);**

## DESCRIPTION

**selinux\_check\_securetty\_context**() returns 0 if tty\_context is a securetty context, returns \< 0 otherwise.

## SEE ALSO

[**selinux**(8)](/selinux/8.md)