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28.Dd December 23, 1999
29.Dt VOP_SETEXTATTR 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm VOP_SETEXTATTR
33.Nd set named extended attribute for a vnode
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/vnode.h
37.In sys/extattr.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn VOP_SETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "int attrnamespace" "const char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41This vnode call may be used to set specific named extended attribute for a
42file 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 attrnamespace
49Integer constant indicating which extended attribute namespace the attribute
50name is present in.
51.It Fa name
52Pointer to a null-terminated character string containing the attribute name.
53.It Fa uio
54The location of the data to be read or written.
55.It Fa cred
56The user credentials to use in authorizing the request.
57.It Fa td
58The thread setting the extended attribute.
59.El
60.Pp
61The uio structure is used in a manner similar to the argument of the same
62name in
63.Xr VOP_WRITE 9 .
64However, as extended attributes provide a strict "name=value" semantic,
65non-zero offsets will be rejected.
66.Pp
67The
68.Fa uio
69pointer may be
70.Dv NULL
71to indicate that the specified extended attribute should be deleted.
72.Pp
73The
74.Fa cred
75pointer may be
76.Dv NULL
77to indicate that access control checks are not to be performed, if possible.
78This
79.Fa cred
80setting might be used to allow the kernel to authorize extended attribute
81changes that the active process might not be permitted to make.
82.Pp
83Extended attribute semantics may vary by file system implementing the call.
84More information on extended attributes may be found in
85.Xr extattr 9 .
86.Sh LOCKS
87The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.
88.Sh RETURN VALUES
89If the extended attribute is successfully set, then zero is returned.
90Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
91.Sh ERRORS
92.Bl -tag -width Er
93.It Bq Er EACCES
94The caller does not have the appropriate privilege.
95.It Bq Er ENXIO
96The request was not valid in this file system for the specified vnode and
97attribute name.
98.It Bq Er ENOMEM
99Insufficient memory available to fulfill the request.
100.It Bq Er EFAULT
101The uio structure refers to an invalid userspace address.
102.It Bq Er EINVAL
103The name, namespace, or uio argument is invalid.
104.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
105The file system does not support
106.Fn VOP_SETEXTATTR .
107.It Bq Er ENOSPC
108The file system is out of space.
109.It Bq Er EROFS
110The file system is read-only.
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr extattr 9 ,
114.Xr vnode 9 ,
115.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9 ,
116.Xr VOP_LISTEXTATTR 9
117.Sh AUTHORS
118This manual page was written by
119.An Robert Watson .
120