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28.Dd December 23, 1999
29.Dt VOP_ACLCHECK 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm VOP_ACLCHECK
33.Nd check an access control list for a vnode
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/vnode.h
37.In sys/acl.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn VOP_ACLCHECK "struct vnode *vp" "acl_type_t type" "struct acl *aclp" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41This vnode call may be used to determine the validity of a particular access
42control list (ACL) for a particular file or directory.
43.Pp
44Its arguments are:
45.Bl -tag -width type
46.It Fa vp
47The vnode of the file or directory.
48.It Fa type
49The type of ACL to check.
50.It Fa aclp
51A pointer to an ACL structure from which to retrieve the ACL data.
52.It Fa cred
53The user credentials to use in authorizing the request.
54.It Fa td
55The thread checking the ACL.
56.El
57.Pp
58The
59.Fa cred
60pointer may be NULL to indicate that access control checks are not to be
61performed, if possible.
62This cred setting might be used to allow the
63kernel to authorize ACL verification that the active process might not be
64permitted to do.
65.Pp
66The vnode ACL interface defines the syntax, and not semantics, of file and
67directory ACL interfaces.
68More information about ACL management in kernel
69may be found in
70.Xr acl 9 .
71.Sh LOCKS
72No locks are required to call this vnode method, and any locks held on
73entry will be held on exit.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75If the
76.Fa aclp
77pointer points to a valid ACL of type
78.Fa type
79for the object
80.Fa vp ,
81then zero is returned.
82Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
83.Sh ERRORS
84.Bl -tag -width Er
85.It Bq Er EINVAL
86The ACL type passed is invalid for this vnode, or the ACL data is invalid.
87.It Bq Er EACCES
88The file or directory ACL does not permit access.
89.It Bq Er ENOMEM
90Sufficient memory is not available to fulfill the request.
91.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
92The file system does not support
93.Fn VOP_ACLCHECK .
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr acl 9 ,
97.Xr vnode 9 ,
98.Xr VOP_GETACL 9 ,
99.Xr VOP_SETACL 9
100.Sh AUTHORS
101This manual page was written by
102.An Robert Watson .
103