NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl_get_permset -- retrieve permission set from an ACL entry

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/acl.h>

     int
     acl_get_permset(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_permset_t *permset_p);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_permset() function is a POSIX.1e call that returns via
     permset_p a descriptor to the permission set in the ACL entry entry_d.
     Subsequent operations using the returned permission set operate on the
     permission set within the ACL entry.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_permset() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
 the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_permset() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]		Argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL
			entry.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl(3), acl_add_perm(3), acl_clear_perms(3), acl_delete_perm(3),
     acl_set_permset(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0.  The acl_get_permset()
     function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_get_permset() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber
     <[email protected]>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			March 10, 2001			 FreeBSD 5.2.1