NAME

acl_dup − Creates a duplicate copy of the ACL

SYNOPSIS

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

LIBRARY

Security Library (libpacl.a)

PARAMETERS

acl_d
Specifies the working storage internal representation ACL to create a duplicate of.

DESCRIPTION

NOTE:  This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. 

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

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 acl_d parameter does not point to a valid ACL structure. 

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

SEE ALSO

Security