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acl_set_permset(3)

NAME

     acl_set_permset -- set the permissions of an ACL entry

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     acl_set_permset(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_permset_t permset_d);

DESCRIPTION

     The acl_set_permset() function is a POSIX.1e call that sets the permis-
     sions of ACL entry entry_d with the permissions contained in permset_d.

RETURN VALUES

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

ERRORS

     The acl_set_permset() function fails if:

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

SEE ALSO

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

STANDARDS

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

HISTORY

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

AUTHORS

     The acl_set_permset() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber
     <jedgar@fxp.org>.

FreeBSD 5.4			March 10, 2001			   FreeBSD 5.4

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