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acl_dup(3)

NAME

acl_dup - Creates a duplicate copy of the ACL

LIBRARY

Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/acl.h> acl_t acl_dup( acl_t acl_d);

PARAMETERS

acl_d Specifies the working storage internal representation ACL to create a duplicate of.

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The acl_dup() function creates a copy of the designated ACL. Once created, this copy is independent of the original ACL.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the acl_dup() function returns a pointer to the new copy of the ACL. Otherwise, a NULL value is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_dup() function sets errno to the corresponding value: [EINVAL] The acl_d parameter does not point to a valid ACL structure. [ENOMEM] Unable to allocate memory for storing the duplicate ACL.

RELATED INFORMATION

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