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28.Dd August 18, 2023
29.Dt PRISON_CHECK 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm prison_check
33.Nd determine if subjects may see entities according to jail restrictions
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/jail.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn prison_check "struct ucred *cred1" "struct ucred *cred2"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39This function determines if a subject with credentials
40.Fa cred1
41is denied access to subjects or objects with credentials
42.Fa cred2
43according to the policy that a subject can see subjects or objects in its own
44jail or any sub-jail of it.
45.Sh RETURN VALUES
46The
47.Fn prison_check
48function
49returns
50.Er ESRCH
51if
52.Fa cred2
53is not in the same jail or a sub-jail of that of
54.Fa cred1 .
55In all other cases,
56.Fn prison_check
57returns zero.
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr jail 2
60