vnop_setacl Entry Point

Purpose

Sets the access control list (ACL) for a file.

#include <sys/acl.h>

int vnop_setacl ( vp, uiop, crp) struct vnode *vp; struct uio *uiop; struct ucred *crp;

The vnop_setacl entry point is used by the logical file system to set the access control list (ACL) on a file.

Item	Description
vp	Specifies the virtual node (v-node) of the file system object.
uiop	Specifies the uio structure that defines the storage for the call arguments.
crp	Points to the cred structure. This structure contains data that the file system can use to validate access permission.

The vnop_setacl entry point can be called from the process environment only.

Item	Description
0	Indicates success.

Nonzero return values are returned from the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file to indicate failure. Valid values include:

Item	Description
ENOSPC	Indicates that the space cannot be allocated to hold the new ACL information.
EPERM	Indicates that the effective user ID of the process is not the owner of the file and the process is not privileged.