acl_set_file(3) - Linux manual page (original) (raw)

ACLSETFILE(3) Library Functions Manual ACLSETFILE(3)

NAME top

   **acl_set_file** — set an ACL by filename

LIBRARY top

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

SYNOPSIS top

   <_sys/types.h_> <_sys/acl.h_> _int_ **acl_set_file**(_const char *pathp_,
   _acltypet type_, _aclt acl_)

DESCRIPTION top

   The **acl_set_file**() function associates an access ACL with a file
   or directory, or associates a default ACL with a directory. The
   pathname for the file or directory is pointed to by the argument
   _pathp_.

   The effective user ID of the process must match the owner of the
   file or directory or the process must have the CAP_FOWNER
   capability for the request to succeed.

   The value of the argument _type_ is used to indicate whether the
   access ACL or the default ACL associated with _pathp_ is being set.
   If the _type_ parameter is ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, the access ACL of _pathp_
   shall be set. If the _type_ parameter is ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, the
   default ACL of _pathp_ shall be set. If the argument _type_ specifies
   a type of ACL that cannot be associated with _pathp_, then the
   function fails.

   The _acl_ parameter must reference a valid ACL according to the
   rules described on the _aclvalid_(3) manual page if the _type_
   parameter is ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, and must either reference a valid
   ACL or an ACL with zero ACL entries if the _type_ parameter is
   ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT. If the _acl_ parameter references an empty ACL,
   then the **acl_set_file**() function removes any default ACL
   associated with the directory referred to by the _pathp_ parameter.

RETURN VALUE top

   The **acl_set_file**() function returns the value 0 if successful;
   otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_
   is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   If any of the following conditions occur, the **acl_set_file**()
   function returns **-1** and sets _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the corresponding value:

   [EACCES]           Search permission is denied for a component of
                      the path prefix or the object exists and the
                      process does not have appropriate access
                      rights.

                      Argument _type_ specifies a type of ACL that
                      cannot be associated with _pathp_.

   [EINVAL]           The argument _acl_ does not point to a valid ACL.

                      The ACL has more entries than the file referred
                      to by _pathp_ can obtain.

                      The _type_ parameter is not ACL_TYPE_ACCESS or
                      ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT.

                      The _type_ parameter is ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, but the
                      file referred to by _pathp_ is not a directory.

   [ENAMETOOLONG]     The length of the argument _pathp_ is too long.

   [ENOENT]           The named object does not exist or the argument
                      _pathp_ points to an empty string.

   [ENOSPC]           The directory or file system that would contain
                      the new ACL cannot be extended or the file
                      system is out of file allocation resources.

   [ENOTDIR]          A component of the path prefix is not a
                      directory.

   [ENOTSUP]          The file identified by _pathp_ cannot be
                      associated with the ACL because the file system
                      on which the file is located does not support
                      this.

   [EPERM]            The process does not have appropriate privilege
                      to perform the operation to set the ACL.

   [EROFS]            This function requires modification of a file
                      system which is currently read-only.

STANDARDS top

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

   The behavior of **acl_set_file**() when the _acl_ parameter refers to an
   empty ACL and the _type_ parameter is ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT is an
   extension in the Linux implementation, in order that all values
   returned by **acl_get_file**() can be passed to **acl_set_file**().  The
   POSIX.1e function for removing a default ACL is
   **acl_delete_def_file**().

SEE ALSO top

   _acldeletedeffile_(3), _aclgetfile_(3), _aclsetfd_(3),
   _aclvalid_(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>.

COLOPHON top

   This page is part of the _acl_ (manipulating access control lists)
   project.  Information about the project can be found at
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   for this manual page, see
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Linux ACL March 23, 2002 ACLSETFILE(3)