libseccomp-2.5.1

Introduction to libseccomp

The libseccomp package provides an easy to use and platform independent interface to the Linux kernel's syscall filtering mechanism.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

libseccomp Dependencies

Optional

Which-2.21 (needed for tests), Valgrind-3.17.0, Cython, and LCOV

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libseccomp

Installation of libseccomp

Install libseccomp by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Program: scmp_sys_resolver
Installed Library: libseccomp.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

scmp_sys_resolver

is used to resolve system calls for applications

libseccomp.so

contains API functions for translating syscalls

Last updated on 2021-02-20 00:13:48 -0600