ACL_GET_PERMSET
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Linux ACL
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 .