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