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1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 Robert N. M. Watson 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed by Robert Watson for the TrustedBSD Project. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions --- 11 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" | 1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 Robert N. M. Watson 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed by Robert Watson for the TrustedBSD Project. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions --- 11 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" |
28.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3 108412 2002-12-29 20:52:42Z rwatson $ | 28.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3 131504 2004-07-02 23:52:20Z ru $ |
29.\" 30.Dd January 28, 2000 31.Dt ACL_TO_TEXT 3 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm acl_to_text 35.Nd convert an ACL to text 36.Sh LIBRARY 37.Lb libc 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In sys/types.h 40.In sys/acl.h 41.Ft char * 42.Fn acl_to_text "acl_t acl" "ssize_t *len_p" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Fn acl_to_text 46function translates the ACL pointed to by argument 47.Va acl | 29.\" 30.Dd January 28, 2000 31.Dt ACL_TO_TEXT 3 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm acl_to_text 35.Nd convert an ACL to text 36.Sh LIBRARY 37.Lb libc 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In sys/types.h 40.In sys/acl.h 41.Ft char * 42.Fn acl_to_text "acl_t acl" "ssize_t *len_p" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Fn acl_to_text 46function translates the ACL pointed to by argument 47.Va acl |
48into a NULL terminated character string. If the pointer | 48into a NULL terminated character string. 49If the pointer |
49.Va len_p 50is not NULL, then the function shall return the length of the string (not 51including the NULL terminator) in the location pointed to by 52.Va len_p . 53The format of the text string returned by 54.Fn acl_to_text 55shall be the POSIX.1e long ACL form. 56.Pp 57This function allocates any memory necessary to contain the string and | 50.Va len_p 51is not NULL, then the function shall return the length of the string (not 52including the NULL terminator) in the location pointed to by 53.Va len_p . 54The format of the text string returned by 55.Fn acl_to_text 56shall be the POSIX.1e long ACL form. 57.Pp 58This function allocates any memory necessary to contain the string and |
58returns a pointer to the string. The caller should free any releasable | 59returns a pointer to the string. 60The caller should free any releasable |
59memory, when the new string is no longer required, by calling 60.Xr acl_free 3 61with the 62.Va (void*)char 63as an argument. 64.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 65.Fx Ns 's 66support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under 67development at this time. 68.Sh RETURN VALUES 69Upon successful completion, the function shall return a pointer to the | 61memory, when the new string is no longer required, by calling 62.Xr acl_free 3 63with the 64.Va (void*)char 65as an argument. 66.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 67.Fx Ns 's 68support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under 69development at this time. 70.Sh RETURN VALUES 71Upon successful completion, the function shall return a pointer to the |
70long text form of an ACL. Otherwise, a value of | 72long text form of an ACL. 73Otherwise, a value of |
71.Va (char*)NULL 72shall be returned and 73.Va errno 74shall be set to indicate the error. 75.Sh ERRORS 76If any of the following conditions occur, the 77.Fn acl_to_text 78function shall return a value of --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 95by the hardware or software-imposed memory management constraints. 96.El 97.Sh SEE ALSO 98.Xr acl 3 , 99.Xr acl_free 3 , 100.Xr acl_from_text 3 , 101.Xr posix1e 3 102.Sh STANDARDS | 74.Va (char*)NULL 75shall be returned and 76.Va errno 77shall be set to indicate the error. 78.Sh ERRORS 79If any of the following conditions occur, the 80.Fn acl_to_text 81function shall return a value of --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 98by the hardware or software-imposed memory management constraints. 99.El 100.Sh SEE ALSO 101.Xr acl 3 , 102.Xr acl_free 3 , 103.Xr acl_from_text 3 , 104.Xr posix1e 3 105.Sh STANDARDS |
103POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. Discussion | 106POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. 107Discussion |
104of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation | 108of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation |
105mailing list. To join this list, see the | 109mailing list. 110To join this list, see the |
106.Fx 107POSIX.1e implementation 108page for more information. 109.Sh HISTORY 110POSIX.1e support was introduced in 111.Fx 4.0 , 112and development continues. 113.Sh AUTHORS 114.An Robert N M Watson 115.Sh BUGS 116The 117.Fn acl_from_text 118and 119.Fn acl_to_text 120functions 121rely on the 122.Xr getpwent 3 123library calls to manage username and uid mapping, as well as the 124.Xr getgrent 3 | 111.Fx 112POSIX.1e implementation 113page for more information. 114.Sh HISTORY 115POSIX.1e support was introduced in 116.Fx 4.0 , 117and development continues. 118.Sh AUTHORS 119.An Robert N M Watson 120.Sh BUGS 121The 122.Fn acl_from_text 123and 124.Fn acl_to_text 125functions 126rely on the 127.Xr getpwent 3 128library calls to manage username and uid mapping, as well as the 129.Xr getgrent 3 |
125library calls to manage groupname and gid mapping. These calls are not | 130library calls to manage groupname and gid mapping. 131These calls are not |
126thread safe, and so transitively, neither are 127.Fn acl_from_text 128and 129.Fn acl_to_text . 130These functions may also interfere with stateful 131calls associated with the 132.Fn getpwent 133and 134.Fn getgrent 135calls. | 132thread safe, and so transitively, neither are 133.Fn acl_from_text 134and 135.Fn acl_to_text . 136These functions may also interfere with stateful 137calls associated with the 138.Fn getpwent 139and 140.Fn getgrent 141calls. |