acl_init(3) — Linux manual page
ACL_INIT(3) Library Functions Manual ACL_INIT(3)
NAME
acl_init — initialize ACL working storage
LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).
SYNOPSIS
<sys/types.h> <sys/acl.h> acl_t acl_init(int count)
DESCRIPTION
The acl_init() function allocates and initializes the working
storage for an ACL of at least count ACL entries. The ACL
created initially contains no ACL entries. A pointer to the
working storage is returned.
This function may cause memory to be allocated. The caller
should free any releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer
required, by calling acl_free(3) with the (void*)acl_t returned
by acl_init() as an argument.
RETURN VALUE
On success, this function returns a pointer to the working
storage. On error, a value of (acl_t)NULL is returned, and errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_init() function
returns a value of (acl_t)NULL and sets errno to the
corresponding value:
[EINVAL] The value of count is less than zero.
[ENOMEM] The acl_t to be returned requires more memory
than is allowed by the hardware or system-
imposed memory management constraints.
STANDARDS
IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)
SEE ALSO
acl_get_file(3), acl_free(3), acl(5)
AUTHOR
Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M
Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, and adapted for Linux by Andreas
Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.
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