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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PSETPRIV 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Psetpriv
19.Nd set process privileges
20.Sh LIBRARY
21.Lb libproc
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.In libproc.h
24.Ft int
25.Fo Psetpriv
26.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
27.Fa "prpriv_t *pprv"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn Psetpriv
32function updates the privileges of the process handle
33.Fa P
34to the set described by
35.Fa pprv .
36The updated privilege set has restrictions on what it may change for a
37process which are documented in the
38.Sy PCSPRIV
39section of
40.Xr proc 4 .
41In addition, the definition of the
42.Sy prpriv_t
43structure is described in
44.Xr proc 4 .
45.Pp
46The current privilege set for the process may be obtained through a call
47to
48.Xr Ppriv 3PROC .
49.Pp
50Note, the privilege set may only be updated for active processes.
51Process handles which correspond to core files, zombie processes, and
52files, may not have their privilege sets updated.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54Upon successful completion, the
55.Fn Psetpriv
56function returns
57.Sy 0
58and updates the privilege sets of the process.
59Otherwise,
60.Sy -1
61is returned and
62.Sy errno
63is set to indicate the error.
64.Sh ERRORS
65For a full list of possible errors see the
66.Sy DIAGNOSTICS
67section in
68.Xr proc 4 .
69.Pp
70The
71.Fn Psetpriv
72function will fail if:
73.Bl -tag -width Er
74.It Er EBADF
75.Fa P
76doesn't refer to an active process, but a core file, zombie, or a file.
77.El
78.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
79.Sy Uncommitted
80.Sh MT-LEVEL
81See
82.Sy LOCKING
83in
84.Xr libproc 3LIB .
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
87.Xr Ppriv 3PROC ,
88.Xr proc 4 ,
89.Xr privileges 5
90