NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl_create_entry -- create a new ACL entry

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     acl_create_entry(acl_t *acl_p, acl_entry_t *entry_p);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_create_entry() function is a POSIX.1e call that creates a new ACL
     entry in the ACL pointed to by acl_p.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

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

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_create_entry() function fails if:

     [EINVAL]		Argument acl_p does not point to a pointer to a valid
			ACL.

     [ENOMEM]		The ACL working storage requires more memory than is
			allowed by the hardware or system-imposed memory management
 constraints.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     acl(3), acl_delete_entry(3), acl_get_entry(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0.  The acl_create_entry()
     function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The acl_create_entry() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber
     <jedgar@fxp.org>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			March 16, 2001			 FreeBSD 5.2.1