opensolaris man page for getpflags

getpflags(2)							   System Calls 						      getpflags(2)

NAME
       getpflags, setpflags - get or set process flags

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <priv.h>

       uint_t getpflags(uint_t flag);

       int setpflags(uint_t flag, uint_t value);

DESCRIPTION
       The getpflags() and setpflags() functions obtain and modify the current per-process flags.

       The following values for flag are supported:

       PRIV_AWARE

	   This  one bit flag takes the value of 0 (unset) or 1 (set).	Only if this flag is set is the current process privilege-aware. A process
	   can attempt to unset this flag but might fail silently if the observed set invariance condition cannot be met.  Setting  this  flag	is
	   always successful. See privileges(5) for a discussion of this flag.

       PRIV_DEBUG

	   This  one bit flag takes the value of 0 (unset) or 1 (set).	Only if this flag is set does the current process have privilege debugging
	   enabled. Processes can set and unset this flag at will.

       NET_MAC_AWARE
       NET_MAC_AWARE_INHERIT

	   These flags are available only if the system is configured with Trusted Extensions. These one bit  flags  each  take  the  value  of  0
	   (unset)  or	1 (set). If the NET_MAC_AWARE flag is set then the current process is allowed to communicate with peers at labels that are
	   different than its own, subject to MAC policy.

	   The NET_MAC_AWARE_INHERIT flag controls the propagation of the NET_MAC_AWARE flag. When a process performs one  of  the  exec(2)  func-
	   tions,  the	NET_MAC_AWARE  flag  is unset unless the NET_MAC_AWARE_INHERIT is set. NET_MAC_AWARE_INHERIT is always unset on one of the
	   exec functions. The PRIV_NET_MAC_AWARE privilege is required to set either of these flags.

RETURN VALUES
       The getpflags() returns the value associated with a given per-process flag. If the flag argument is invalid,  (uint_t)-1  is  returned  and
       errno is set to indicate the error.

       Upon successful completion, setpflags() returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The getpflags() and setpflags() functions will fail if:

       EINVAL	 The value of flag or the value to which the flag is set is out of range.

       The setpflags() function will fail if:

       EPERM	An attempt was made to unset PRIV_AWARE but the observed set invariance condition was not met.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Async-Signal-Safe 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       ppriv(1), attributes(5), privileges(5)

SunOS 5.11							    8 Mar 2006							      getpflags(2)