acl_get_permset (3)

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NAME

acl_get_permset - retrieve the permission set from an ACL entry

LIBRARY

Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_get_permset acl_entry_t entry_d acl_permset_t *permset_p

DESCRIPTION

The Fn acl_get_permset function returns in permset_p a descriptor to the permission set in the ACL entry indicated by entry_d Subsequent operations using the returned permission set descriptor operate on the permission set within the ACL entry.

Any ACL entry descriptors that refer to the entry referred to by entry_d shall continue to refer to those entries.

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_get_permset

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the Fn acl_get_permset function returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:

Bq Er EINVAL

The argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry.

STANDARDS

IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (lqPOSIX.1erq, abandoned)

SEE ALSO

acl_add_perm3, acl_clear_perms3, acl_delete_perm3, acl_get_perm3, acl_get_qualifier3, acl_get_tag_type3, acl_set_permset3, acl_set_qualifier3, acl_set_tag_type3, acl(5)

AUTHOR

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by An Robert N M Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org , and adapted for Linux by An Andreas Gruenbacher Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .