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acl_delete_perm

acl_delete_perm(3)					     Library Functions Manual						acl_delete_perm(3)

NAME

       acl_delete_perm - Delete permissions from a set of permissions belonging to an ACL entry

LIBRARY

       Security Library (libpacl.a)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/acl.h>
       int acl_delete_perm(	 acl_permset_t permset_d,

	    acl_perm_t perm_d);

PARAMETERS

       Specifies  the  permission  set	of the working storage internal representation ACL entry.  Specifies the file permissions to be deleted (a
       combination of ACL_EXECUTE, ACL_READ, and ACL_WRITE).

DESCRIPTION

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

       The acl_delete_perm() function deletes the specified permission in perm_d from the permission set.  This function does not return an  error
       if the permission set does not have any of the specified permissions turned on.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, the acl_delete_perm() function returns a value of 0 (zero).	Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and errno is
       set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If the following condition occurs, the acl_delete_perm() function sets errno to the corresponding value: The permset_d parameter  does  not
       refer to a valid permission set.

       The perm_d parameter does not contain valid file permission bits.

RELATED INFORMATION

       acl_add_perm(3), acl_clear_perm(3),acl_get_permset(3), acl_set_permset(3), acl_get_entry(3)

       Security delim off

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