acl_error(3) - Linux man page

Name

acl_error - convert an ACL error code to a text message

Library

Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

Synopsis

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

const char *

acl_error(int code);

Description

The acl_error() function converts an ACL error code such as returned by the acl_check() function to a text message describing the error condition. In the "POSIX" locale, acl_check() returns the following descriptions for the error codes.

ACL_MULTI_ERROR'                      "Multiple entries"

ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR
"Duplicate entries"

ACL_MISS_ERROR' "Missing or wrong entry"

ACL_ENTRY_ERROR' "Invalid entry type"

Return Value

The acl_error() function returns a text message if the error code is recognized, and a value of (const char *)NULL otherwise.

Standards

This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 ("POSIX.1e", abandoned).

Author

Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at>.

Linux ACL March 23, 2002 Linux ACL