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acl_set_permset

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NAME

acl_set_permset - Sets permissions in a given ACL entry  

LIBRARY

Security Library (libpacl.a)  

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/acl.h>

int acl_set_permset(        acl_entry_t entry_d;
       acl_permset_t permset_d);
 

PARAMETERS

Specifies the descriptor of an working storage internal representation of an ACL entry. Points to a working storage internal representation of file permission bits.  

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The function may change as the P1003.6 standard is finalized.

Given a pointer to an ACL entry, the acl_set_permset() function sets the permissions. Any permissions in the ACL entry before the call to acl_set_permset() are replaced with the new set of permissions.  

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the acl_set_permset() function returns a value of 0 (zero). Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.  

ERRORS

If the following condition occurs, the acl_set_permset() function sets errno to the corresponding value: The entry_d parameter does not refer to a valid ACL entry. The permset_d parameter does not contain valid file permission bits.  

RELATED INFORMATION

acl_add_perm(3), acl_get_permset(3), acl_get_entry(3), acl_delete_perm(3), acl_clear_perm(3)

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