acl_set_permset3
Set the permission set in an acl entry
Usage
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/acl.h>
int
acl_set_permset(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_permset_t permset_d);
Library
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
Overview
The 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
The acl_set_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
If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_set_permset() function returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:
- [EINVAL]
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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.
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.