acl_delete_entry(3)

NAME

acl_delete_entry – delete an ACL entry from an ACL

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <sys/acl.h>

int

acl_delete_entry(acl_t acl, acl_entry_t entry_d);

DESCRIPTION

The acl_delete_entry() function is a POSIX.1e call that removes the ACL entry entry_d from ACL acl.

RETURN VALUES

The acl_delete_entry() 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_delete_entry() function fails if:

[EINVAL]

Argument acl does not point to a valid ACL. Argument entry_d is not a valid descriptor for an ACL entry in acl.

SEE ALSO

acl(3), acl_copy_entry(3), acl_get_entry(3), posix1e(3)

STANDARDS

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

AUTHORS

Michael Smith Chris D Fulhaber