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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man3/acl_get_file.3')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/man3/acl_get_file.3 b/man/man3/acl_get_file.3 index 47fb7b5..95ce798 100644 --- a/man/man3/acl_get_file.3 +++ b/man/man3/acl_get_file.3 @@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ acl_get_file, acl_set_file \- get or set the ACL for a pathname returns a pointer to an allocated \f2struct acl\fP associated with the pathname pointed to by \f2path\fP. \f2type\fP determines whether the default ACL (\f2type == ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT\fP) or access ACL (\f2type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS\fP) is returned. The default ACL is available only for directories. -If there is no default ACL associated with the specified directory, an -ACL containing zero entries is returned. If .B _POSIX_MAC is in effect, then the process must have MAC read access to the object. +If no ACL is associated with the \f2path\fP, then the resultant ACL +is dependent on the ACL compatibility mode (see +.BR acl_set_compat (8) +). If \f2ACL_COMPAT_IRIXGET\f1 is +set then an ACL with a count of ACL_NOT_PRESENT is returned. +If no compatibility mode has been set and the ACL is an access ACL then +a mininum 3 ACE ACL based on the file's mode is returned. +If no compatibility mode has been set and the ACL is a default ACL then +an ACL with a count of zero entries is returned. .PP .I acl_set_file sets the ACL of the specified pathname. \f2type\fP indicates which ACL, @@ -63,7 +70,10 @@ ENOMEM allocation of the \f2struct acl\fP failed. .TP 16 ENOSYS -ACL support is not available (not installed). +ACL support is not configured in kernel. +.TP 16 +EOPNOTSUPP (ENOTSUP) +ACL support is not available for given filesystem. .TP 16 ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory. @@ -91,7 +101,10 @@ The file system is full or some other resource needed for the ACL storage is not available. .TP 16 ENOSYS -ACL support is not available (not installed). +ACL support is not configured in kernel. +.TP 16 +EOPNOTSUPP (ENOTSUP) +ACL support is not available for given filesystem. .TP 16 ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory. @@ -103,3 +116,6 @@ perform the operation to set the ACL. EROFS This function requires modification of a file system which is currently read-only. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR acl_get_fd (8), +.BR acl_set_compat (8). |