freebsd-dev/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_calc_mask.3
Chris D. Faulhaber 14721edabe Add the following POSIX 1003.1e functions and man pages:
o acl_calc_mask(): calculates the ACL mask entry associated with
    the given ACL.
  o acl_delete_entry(): remove a specified ACL entry from the given
    ACL.

Approved by:	rwatson
2001-03-19 03:19:51 +00:00

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.Dd March 10, 2001
.Dt ACL_CALC_MASK 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acl_calc_mask
.Nd Calculate and set ACL mask permissions
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libposix1e
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Fd #include <sys/acl.h>
.Ft int
.Fn acl_calc_mask "acl_t *acl_p"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn acl_calc_mask
is a POSIX.1e call that calculates and set the permissions
associated with the ACL_MASK ACL entry of the ACL referred to by
.Ar acl_p .
.Pp
The value of new permissions are the union of the permissions
granted by the ACL_GROUP, ACL_GROUP_OBJ, ACL_USER tag types which
match processes in the file group class contained in the ACL
referred to by
.Ar acl_p .
.Pp
If the ACL referred to by
.Ar acl_p
already contains an ACL_MASK entry, its permissions shall be
overwritten; if it does not contain an ACL_MASK entry, one shall
be added.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the function shall return a value of
.Va 0 .
Otherwise, a value of
.Va -1
shall be returned, and
.Va errno
shall be set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
If the following condition occurs, the
.Fn acl_calc_mask
function shall return a value of
.Va -1
and set
.Va errno
to the corresponding value:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
Argument
.Ar acl_p
does not point to a pointer to a valid ACL.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acl 3 ,
.Xr acl_get_entry 3 ,
.Xr acl_valid 3 ,
.Xr posix1e 3
.Sh STANDARDS
POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
.Sh HISTORY
POSIX.1e support was introduced in
.Fx 4.0 .
The
.Fn acl_calc_mask
function was added in
.Fx 5.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn acl_calc_mask
function was written by
.An Chris D. Faulhaber Aq jedgar@fxp.org .