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