NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       acl_dup - Creates a duplicate copy of the ACL

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <sys/acl.h>

       acl_t acl_dup(
               acl_t acl_d );

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       Security Library (libpacl.a)

PARAMETERS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies  the working storage internal representation ACL
       to create a duplicate of.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       NOTE:  This function is based on Draft  13  of  the  POSIX
       P1003.6 standard.

       The  acl_dup()  function  creates a copy of the designated
       ACL. Once created, this copy is independent of the  original
 ACL.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Upon successful completion, the acl_dup() function returns
       a pointer to the new copy of the ACL.  Otherwise,  a  NULL
       value  is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       If any of the following conditions  occur,  the  acl_dup()
       function sets errno to the corresponding value:

       The  acl_d  parameter does not point to a valid ACL structure.
  Unable to allocate memory for storing the duplicate
       ACL.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Security



                                                       acl_dup(3)