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ACL_SET_PERMSET(3)       BSD Library Functions Manual       ACL_SET_PERMSET(3)

NAME
     acl_set_permset -- set the permissions of an ACL entry

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/acl.h>

     int
     acl_set_permset(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_permset_t permset_d);

DESCRIPTION
     The acl_set_permset() function is a POSIX.1e call that sets the permis-sions permissions
     sions of ACL entry entry_d with the permissions contained in permset_d.

RETURN VALUES
     The acl_set_permset() function returns the value 0 if successful; other-wise otherwise
     wise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The acl_set_permset() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]           Argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL
                        entry.

SEE ALSO
     acl(3), acl_add_perm(3), acl_clear_perms(3), acl_delete_perm(3),
     acl_get_permset(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS
     POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.

AUTHORS
     Michael Smith
     Chris D. Faulhaber

BSD                             March 10, 2001                             BSD