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ACL_SET_TAG_TYPE(3)      BSD Library Functions Manual      ACL_SET_TAG_TYPE(3)

NAME
     acl_set_tag_type -- set the tag type of an ACL entry

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

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

     int
     acl_set_tag_type(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_tag_t tag_type);

DESCRIPTION
     The acl_set_tag_type() function is a POSIX.1e call that sets the ACL tag
     type of ACL entry entry_d to the value of tag_type.

RETURN VALUES
     The acl_set_tag_type() 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_tag_type() function fails if:

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

SEE ALSO
     acl(3), acl_get_tag_type(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