NAME

acl_get_entry_type_np —

retrieve the ACL type from an NFSv4 ACL entry

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

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

int
acl_get_entry_type_np(acl_entry_t entry_d, acl_entry_type_t *entry_type_p);

DESCRIPTION

The acl_get_entry_type_np() function is a non-portable call that returns the ACL type for the NFSv4 ACL entry entry_d. Upon successful completion, the location referred to by the argument entry_type_p will be set to the ACL type of the ACL entry entry_d.

RETURN VALUES

The acl_get_entry_type_np() 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

The acl_get_entry_type_np() function fails if:

[EINVAL]: Argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an NFSv4 ACL entry;

STANDARDS

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

HISTORY

POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0. The acl_get_entry_type_np() function was added in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

The acl_get_entry_type_np() function was written by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>.