acl_clear_perms(3) — Linux manual page

ACL_CLEAR_PERMS(3)    BSD Library Functions Manual    ACL_CLEAR_PERMS(3)

NAME         top

     acl_clear_perms — clear all permissions from an ACL permission set

LIBRARY         top

     Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS         top

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

     int
     acl_clear_perms(acl_permset_t permset_d);

DESCRIPTION         top

     The acl_clear_perms() function clears all permissions from the
     permission set referred to by the argument permset_d.

     Any existing descriptors that refer to permset_d shall continue to
     refer to that permission set.

RETURN VALUE         top

     The acl_clear_perms() 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         top

     If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_clear_perms()
     function returns -1 and sets errno to the corresponding value:

     [EINVAL]           The argument permset_d is not a valid descriptor
                        for a permission set within an ACL entry.

STANDARDS         top

     IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)

SEE ALSO         top

     acl_add_perm(3), acl_delete_perm(3), acl_get_perm(3),
     acl_get_permset(3), acl_set_permset(3), acl(5)

AUTHOR         top

     Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M Watson
     <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, and adapted for Linux by Andreas Gruenbacher
     <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.

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Linux ACL                    March 23, 2002                    Linux ACL

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