Bug 1371025 - manpage of is_selinux_mls_enabled is misleading
Summary: manpage of is_selinux_mls_enabled is misleading
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libselinux
Version: 6.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Petr Lautrbach
QA Contact: Jan Zarsky
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-29 07:58 UTC by Jan Zarsky
Modified: 2016-10-27 06:47 UTC (History)
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Clone Of: 1168591
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Last Closed: 2016-10-17 09:24:26 UTC
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Description Jan Zarsky 2016-08-29 07:58:26 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1168591 +++

Description of problem:
According to the man page of is_selinux_mls_enabled:

is_selinux_mls_enabled() returns 1 if SELinux is running in MLS mode or 0 if it is not.

Which is misleading because is_selinux_mls_enabled() returns whether the system is CAPABLE of running in MLS mode, not whether it is running in MLS mode right now.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libselinux-2.2.2-6.el7

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. man is_selinux_mls_enabled
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