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NAME top

   cap_copy_ext, cap_size, cap_copy_int - capability state external
   representation translation

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <sys/capability.h>

   ssize_t cap_size(cap_t cap_p);
   ssize_t cap_copy_ext(void *ext_p, cap_t cap_p, ssize_t size);
   cap_t cap_copy_int(const void * ext_p);
   cap_t cap_copy_int_check(const void *cap_ext, ssize_t length);

   Link with _-lcap_.

DESCRIPTION top

   These functions translate between internal and external
   representations of a capability state.  The external
   representation is an exportable, contiguous, persistent
   representation of a capability state in user-managed space.  The
   internal representation is managed by the capability functions in
   working storage.

   **cap_size**() returns the total length (in bytes) that the capability
   state in working storage identified by _capp_ would require when
   converted by **cap_copy_ext**().  This function is used primarily to
   determine the amount of buffer space that must be provided to the
   **cap_copy_ext**() function in order to hold the capability data
   record created from _capp_.

   **cap_copy_ext**() copies a capability state in working storage,
   identified by _capp_, from system-managed space to user-managed
   space (pointed to by _extp_) and returns the length of the
   resulting data record.  The size parameter represents the maximum
   size, in bytes, of the resulting data record.  The **cap_copy_ext**()
   function will do any conversions necessary to convert the
   capability state from the undefined internal format to an
   exportable, contiguous, persistent data record.  It is the
   responsibility of the user to allocate a buffer large enough to
   hold the copied data.  The buffer length required to hold the
   copied data may be obtained by a call to the **cap_size**() function.

   **cap_copy_int**() copies a capability state from a capability data
   record in user-managed space to a new capability state in working
   storage, allocating any memory necessary, and returning a pointer
   to the newly created capability state.  The function initializes
   the capability state and then copies the capability state from the
   record pointed to by _extp_ into the capability state, converting,
   if necessary, the data from a contiguous, persistent format to an
   opaque, internal format.  Once copied into internal format, the
   object can be manipulated by the capability state manipulation
   functions (see [cap_clear(3)](../man3/cap%5Fclear.3.html)).  Note that the record pointed to by
   _extp_ must have been obtained from a previous, successful call to
   **cap_copy_ext**() for this function to work successfully.  The caller
   should free any releasable memory, when the capability state in
   working storage is no longer required, by calling **cap_free**() with
   the _capt_ as an argument.

   **cap_copy_int_check**() performs the same operation as **cap_copy_int**()
   but additionally checks that the provided external data's size is
   not larger than the noted length.

RETURN VALUE top

   **cap_size**() returns the length required to hold a capability data
   record on success, and -1 on failure.

   **cap_copy_ext**() returns the number of bytes placed in the user
   managed space pointed to by _extp_ on success, and -1 on failure.

   **cap_copy_int**() and **cap_copy_int_check**() return a pointer to the
   newly created capability state in working storage on success, and
   NULL on failure.

   On failure, **errno** is set to **EINVAL**, **ENOMEM**, or **ERANGE**.

CONFORMING TO top

   These functions are specified in the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft
   specification.

SEE ALSO top

   [libcap(3)](../man3/libcap.3.html), [cap_clear(3)](../man3/cap%5Fclear.3.html), [cap_from_text(3)](../man3/cap%5Ffrom%5Ftext.3.html), [cap_get_file(3)](../man3/cap%5Fget%5Ffile.3.html),
   [cap_get_proc(3)](../man3/cap%5Fget%5Fproc.3.html), [cap_init(3)](../man3/cap%5Finit.3.html), [capabilities(7)](../man7/capabilities.7.html)

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                            2021-03-06                _CAPCOPYEXT_(3)

Pages that refer to this page:cap_clear(3), cap_from_text(3), cap_get_file(3), cap_get_proc(3), cap_init(3), libcap(3), capabilities(7)