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28.Dd December 23, 1999
29.Os
30.Dt VOP_SETEXTATTR 9
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm VOP_SETEXTATTR
33.Nd Set named extended attribute for a vnode
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
36.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
37.Fd #include <sys/extattr.h>
38.Ft int
39.Fn VOP_SETEXTATTR "struct vnode *vp" "char *name" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
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 Ar vp
47the vnode of the file or directory
48.It Ar name
49pointer to a null-terminated character string containing the attribute name
50.It Ar uio
51the location of the data to be read or written
52.It Ar cred
53the user credentials to use in authorizing the request
54.It Ar p
55the process setting the extended attribute
56.El
57.Pp
58The uio structure is used in a manner similar to the argument of the same
59name in
60.Xr VOP_WRITE .
61However, as extended attributes provide a strict "name=value" semantic,
62non-zero offsets will be rejected.
63.Pp
64The
65.Fa uio
66pointer may be NULL to indicate that the specified extended attribute
67should be deleted.
68.Pp
69The
70.Fa cred
71pointer may be NULL to indicate that access control checks are not to be
72performed, of possible.  This cred setting might be used to allow the
73kernel to authorize extended attribute changes that the active process might
74not be permitted to make.
75.Pp
76Extended attribute semantics may vary by file system implementing the call.
77More information on extended attributes may be found in
78.Xr extattr 9 .
79.Sh LOCKS
80The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82If the extended attribute is successfully set, then zero is returned.
83Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
84.Sh ERRORS
85.Bl -tag -width Er
86.It Bq Er EACCES
87Permission denied
88.It Bq Er ENXIO
89The request was not valid in this file system for the specified vnode and
90attribute name.
91.It Bq Er ENOMEM
92Insufficient memory available to fulfill request
93.It Bq Er EFAULT
94The uio structure refers to an invalid userspace address
95.It Bq Er EINVAL
96The name or uio argument is invalid
97.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
98The file system does not support VOP_GETEXTATTR
99.It Bq Er ENOSPC
100The file system is out of space
101.It Bq Er EROFS
102The file system is read-only
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr extattr 9 ,
106.Xr vnode 9 ,
107.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9
108.Sh AUTHORS
109This man page was written by
110.An Robert Watson .
111