acl_set_permset (3)

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NAME

acl_set_permset - set the permission set in an ACL entry

LIBRARY

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

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_set_permset acl_entry_t entry_d acl_permset_t permset_d

DESCRIPTION

The Fn acl_set_permset function sets the permission set of the ACL entry indicated by the argument entry_d to the permissions contained in the argument permset_d

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

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_set_permset

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the Fn acl_set_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.

The argument permset_d is not a valid descriptor for a permission set within an ACL entry.

The argument permset_d contains values which are not valid acl_permset_t values.

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_permset3, acl_get_qualifier3, acl_get_tag_type3, 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 .