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 ACLTOTEXT 3SEC "Dec 10, 2001"
 NAME
acltotext, aclfromtext - convert internal representation to or from external
representation
 SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lsec [ library... ]
#include <sys/acl.h>

char *acltotext(aclent_t *aclbufp, int aclcnt);


aclent_t *aclfromtext(char *acltextp, int *aclcnt);


 DESCRIPTION
The acltotext() function converts an internal ACL representation
pointed to by aclbufp into an external ACL representation. The
space for the external text string is obtained using malloc(3C). The
caller is responsible for freeing the space upon completion.

The aclfromtext() function converts an external ACL representation
pointed to by acltextp into an internal ACL representation. The
space for the list of ACL entries is obtained using malloc(3C). The
caller is responsible for freeing the space upon completion. The aclcnt
argument indicates the number of ACL entries found.

An external ACL representation is defined as follows:

<acl_entry>[,<acl_entry>]\|.\|.\|.

Each <acl_entry> contains one ACL entry. The external representation of
an ACL entry contains two or three colon-separated fields. The first
field contains the ACL entry tag type. The entry type keywords are
defined as:
user

This ACL entry with no UID specified in the ACL entry
ID field specifies the access granted to the owner of the object.
Otherwise, this ACL entry specifies the access granted to a specific
user-name or user-id number.


group

This ACL entry with no GID specified in the ACL entry
ID field specifies the access granted to the owning group of the object.
Otherwise, this ACL entry specifies the access granted to a specific
group-name or group-id number.


other

This ACL entry specifies the access granted to any user or group that
does not match any other ACL entry.


mask

This ACL entry specifies the maximum access granted to user or group
entries.


default:user

This ACL entry with no uid specified in the ACL entry ID
field specifies the default access granted to the owner of the object.
Otherwise, this ACL entry specifies the default access granted to a
specific user-name or user-ID number.


default:group

This ACL entry with no gid specified in the ACL entry ID
field specifies the default access granted to the owning group of the object.
Otherwise, this ACL entry specifies the default access granted to a
specific group-name or group-ID number.


default:other

This ACL entry specifies the default access for other entry.


default:mask

This ACL entry specifies the default access for mask entry.


The second field contains the ACL entry ID, as follows:
uid

This field specifies a user-name, or user-ID if there is no user-name
associated with the user-ID number.


gid

This field specifies a group-name, or group-ID if there is no group-name
associated with the group-ID number.


empty

This field is used by the user and group ACL entry types.


The third field contains the following symbolic discretionary access
permissions:
r

read permission


w

write permission


x

execute/search permission


-

no access


 RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the acltotext() function returns a pointer to
a text string. Otherwise, it returns NULL.

Upon successful completion, the aclfromtext() function returns a pointer
to a list of ACL entries. Otherwise, it returns NULL.
 ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Evolving
MT-Level Unsafe


 SEE ALSO
 acl (2),  malloc (3C),  attributes (7)