NAME

acl_dup − Creates a duplicate copy of the ACL

LIBRARY

Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/acl.h> acl_t acl_dup(
acl_t acl_d);

PARAMETERS

acl_dSpecifies the working storage internal representation ACL entry to create a duplicate of. 

DESCRIPTION

NOTE:  This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The function may change as the P1003.6 standard is finalized. 

The acl_dup() function creates a copy of the designated ACL.  Once created this copy is independent  of the original entry.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the acl_dup function returns a pointer to the new copy of the ACL.  Otherwise, a NULL value is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_dup() function sets errno to the corresponding value:

[EINVAL]The argument acl_d is not valid. 

[ENOMEM]Unable to allocate memory for storing the duplicate ACL. 

RELATED INFORMATION

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