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35 .Nd create an ACL from text
42 .Fn acl_from_text "const char *buf_p"
46 function converts the text form of an ACL referred to by
48 into the internal working structure for ACLs, appropriate for applying to
49 files or manipulating.
51 This function may cause memory to be allocated.
52 The caller should free any
53 releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by calling
58 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
60 support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under
61 development at this time.
63 Upon successful completion, the function shall return a pointer to the
64 internal representation of the ACL in working storage.
68 shall be returned, and
70 shall be set to indicate the error.
72 If any of the following conditions occur, the
74 function shall return a value of
78 to the corresponding value:
83 cannot be translated into an ACL.
85 The ACL working storage requires more memory than is allowed by the
86 hardware or system-imposed memory management constraints.
95 POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
97 of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation
99 To join this list, see the
101 POSIX.1e implementation
102 page for more information.
104 POSIX.1e support was introduced in
106 and development continues.
108 .An Robert N M Watson
117 library calls to manage username and uid mapping, as well as the
119 library calls to manage groupname and gid mapping.
121 thread safe, and so transitively, neither are
125 These functions may also interfere with stateful
126 calls associated with the