acl_delete_def_file (3) - Linux Manuals

acl_delete_def_file: delete a default ACL by filename

Command to display acl_delete_def_file manual in Linux: $ man 3 acl_delete_def_file

NAME

acl_delete_def_file - delete a default ACL by filename

LIBRARY

Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/acl.h Ft int Fn acl_delete_def_file const char *path_p

DESCRIPTION

The Fn acl_delete_def_file function deletes a default ACL from the directory whose pathname is pointed to by the argument path_p

The effective user ID of the process must match the owner of the file or directory or the process must have the CAP_FOWNER capability for the request to succeed.

If the argument path_p is not a directory, then the function fails. It is no error if the directory whose pathname is pointed to by the argument path_p does not have a default ACL.

RETURN VALUE

Rv -std acl_delete_def_file

ERRORS

If any of the following conditions occur, the Fn acl_delete_def_file function returns the value -1 and and sets errno to the corresponding value:

Bq Er EINVAL: The file referred to by path_p is not a directory.
Bq Er ENOTSUP: The file system on which the file identified by path_p is located does not support ACLs, or ACLs are disabled.
Bq Er EPERM: The process does not have appropriate privilege to perform the operation to delete the default ACL.
Bq Er EROFS: This function requires modification of a file system which is currently read-only.

STANDARDS

IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 ("POSIX.1e", abandoned)

AUTHOR

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by An Robert N M Watson Aq rwatson [at] FreeBSD.org , and adapted for Linux by An Andreas Gruenbacher Aq a.gruenbacher [at] bestbits.at .