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strtoacl(3C)							  strtoacl(3C)

NAME
       strtoacl(),  strtoaclpatt(),  aclentrystart[]  - convert string form to
       access control list (ACL) structure (HFS File System only)

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       converts an access control list from exact symbolic (string)  represen‐
       tation  to structure form.  It parses the input string and verifies its
       validity.  Optionally it applies the entries in the string as a	series
       of changes to an existing ACL.

       converts	 an  access control list pattern from symbolic (string) repre‐
       sentation to structure form.  It parses the input string	 and  verifies
       its validity.

       The external array only valid until the next call of either routine, is
       useful for error reporting.  See ERRORS below.

       The ``operator'' and ``short'' symbolic forms of ACLs and ACL  patterns
       (described  in  acl(5))	are acceptable as input strings.  If the first
       non-whitespace character in string is the ACL or ACL pattern in	string
       must be in short form.  Otherwise operator form is assumed.

       takes  a	 pointer  to  the string to be converted, and a pointer to the
       first element of an array of ACL entries initially containing the indi‐
       cated  number  (nentries)  of valid entries (zero or more).  This array
       can grow to the indicated number of entries (maxentries).   also	 takes
       file  user ID (fuid) and group ID (fgid) values to substitute for char‐
       acters in string and returns the resulting number of entries in

       Redundant entries (identical user ID and group ID values after process‐
       ing  characters)	 are  combined, so that contains unique entries in the
       order encountered.  If a new entry is mentioned, it is added to the end
       of the array.

   strtoaclpatt()
       differs	from  because  it  processes an ACL pattern instead of an ACL.
       Since modification of an existing initial ACL is not useful, it is  not
       supported.

       Entries	with matching user and group ID values are not combined.  Each
       entry input yields one entry in the returned array.

       The character for user and group IDs (see acl(5)) is converted to  spe‐
       cial  values (or respectively, defined in not to specific user or group
       names provided by the caller.  Thus, need not be called to reparse  the
       ACL  pattern for each file, but the caller must handle the special val‐
       ues when comparing an ACL pattern to an ACL.

       Wildcard user names, group names, and mode values are supported, as are
       absent mode parts; see acl(5).

       returns	a  different  structure than The acl_entry_patt structure con‐
       tains onmode and offmode masks rather than a single mode value.

       In operator form input, operators have a different effect on

	      Sets bits in both the
		   onmode and offmode fields appropriately, replacing existing
		   bits in the entry, including any set by earlier operators.

	      Sets bits in
		   onmode and clears the same bits in offmode.

	      Sets bits in
		   offmode and clears the same bits in onmode.

	      In  short	 form  input, the mode is treated like the operator in
	      operator form.

       For both routines, a non-specific user or group ID of is	 converted  to
       or respectively.	 For only, a wildcard user or group ID of is converted
       to or respectively.  The values are defined in

       Entries can appear in string in any order.  string can  contain	redun‐
       dant  entries,  and  in operator form only, redundant and operators for
       ACL entry mode  modifications  (in  exact  form)	 or  mode  bit	inclu‐
       sions/exclusions	 (in  patterns).  Entries or modifications are applied
       left to right.

   Suggested Use
       To build a new ACL (ACL	pattern)  array	 using	define	with  as  many
       entries	as  desired.   Pass  it to with nentries set to zero only) and
       maxentries set to the number of elements in

       To have modify a file's existing ACL, define with the maximum  possible
       number  of  entries see Call (see getacl(2)) to read the file's ACL and
       (see stat(2)) to get the file's owner and group	IDs.   Then  pass  the
       current	number	of entries, the current ACL, and the ID values to with
       maxentries set to

       If succeeds, the resulting ACL can be passed safely to (see  setacl(2))
       because	all  redundancies  (if any) have been resolved.	 However, note
       that since neither nor validate user and group ID values, if the values
       are not acceptable to the system, fails.

   Performance Trick
       Normally	 replaces user and group names of with specific user and group
       ID values, and also combines redundant entries.	Therefore, calling and
       for  each of a series of files to which an ACL is being applied is sim‐
       plest, although time consuming.

       If string contains no character, or if the caller merely wants to  com‐
       pare one ACL against another (and will handle the special case itself),
       it is sufficient to call once, and pointless to call for each file.  To
       determine  this,	 call  the first time with fuid set to and fgid set to
       Repeated calls with file-specific fuid and fgid values are needed  only
       if  the	special values of fuid and fgid appear in and the caller needs
       an exact ACL to set on each file; see EXAMPLES below.

       If appears in string and will be used later for a call to it is	neces‐
       sary to call again to reparse the ACL string for each file.  It is pos‐
       sible that not all redundant  entries  were  combined  the  first  time
       because the names were not resolved to specific IDs.  This also compli‐
       cates comparisons between two ACLs.  Furthermore, the caller cannot  do
       the  combining  later  because  operator information from operator form
       input might be lost.

       and convert string form to access control list (ACL) structure.

RETURN VALUE
       If succeeds, it returns the number of entries in the resulting ACL (ACL
       pattern), always equal to or greater than nentries (zero).

       also  sets values in global array to point to the start of each pattern
       entry it parsed in string, in some cases including leading or  trailing
       whitespace.   It	 only  sets  a	number of pointers equal to its return
       value plus one (never more than + 1).  The last valid element points to
       the  null  character at the end of string.  After calling an entry pat‐
       tern's corresponding input string can be used by the caller  for	 error
       reporting  by  (temporarily)  putting  a	 null at the start of the next
       entry pattern in string.

ERRORS
       If an error occurs, and return a negative value and the content	of  is
       undefined (was probably altered).  To help with error reporting in this
       case, and are set to point  to  the  start  of  the  current  and  next
       entries,	 respectively,	being  parsed when the error occurred.	If the
       current entry does not start with points to the next null character  or
       comma  at  or  after  Otherwise,	 it points to the next null, or to the
       character following the next

       The following values are returned in case of error:

	      −1   Syntax error: entry doesn't start with as expected in short
		   form.

	      −2   Syntax  error:  entry doesn't end with as expected in short
		   form.

	      −3   Syntax error: user name is not terminated by a dot.

	      −4   only) Syntax error: group name  is  not  terminated	by  an
		   operator  in	 operator-form	input or a comma in short-form
		   input.

	      −5   Syntax error: user name is null.

	      −6   Syntax error: group name is null.

	      −7   Invalid user name (not found in file and not a  valid  num‐
		   ber).

	      −8   Invalid  group name (not found in file and not a valid num‐
		   ber).

	      −9   Syntax error: invalid mode character, other	than  (allowed
		   in short form only), (allowed in patterns only), (to end an
		   entry in operator form), or	(to  end  an  entry  in	 short
		   form).  Or, or is followed by other mode characters.

	      −10  The resulting ACL would have more than maxentries entries.

EXAMPLES
       The  following  code fragment converts an ACL from a string to an array
       of entries using an fuid of 103 for the file's owner and fgid of 45 for
       the file's group.

       The  following  code gets the ACL, fuid, and fgid for file modifies the
       ACL using a description string, and changes the ACL on file to  be  the
       new version.

       The following code fragment calls with special values of fuid and fgid,
       then checks to see if they show up in

       The following code fragment converts an ACL pattern from a string to an
       array of pattern entries.

       The  following  code fragment inside a loop checks an entry pattern and
       variable names) against an entry in a file's ACL variable names)	 using
       the file's user and group IDs variable names).

DEPENDENCIES
       and are only supported on HFS file system on standalone HP-UX operating
       system.

AUTHOR
       and were developed by HP.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       getacl(2), setacl(2), acltostr(3C), cpacl(3C), chownacl(3C),  setaclen‐
       try(3C), acl(5), thread_safety(5).

								  strtoacl(3C)
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