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29.Dd January 28, 2000
30.Dt ACL_INIT 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm acl_init
34.Nd initialize ACL working storage
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libposix1e
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/types.h
39.In sys/acl.h
40.Ft acl_t
41.Fn acl_init "int count"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn acl_init
45function allocates and initializes the working storage for an ACL of at
46least
47.Va count
48ACL entries.  A pointer to the working storage is returned.  The working
49storage allocated to contain the ACL is freed by a call to
50.Xr acl_free 3 .
51When the area is first allocated, it shall contain an ACL that contains
52no ACL entries.
53.Pp
54This function may cause memory to be allocated.  The caller should free any
55releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by calling
56.Xr acl_free 3
57with the
58.Va (void*)acl_t
59as an argument.
60.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
61.Dx Ns 's
62support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under
63development at this time.
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65Upon successful completion, this function shall return a pointer to the
66working storage.  Otherwise, a value of
67.Va (acl_t)NULL
68shall be returned, and
69.Va errno
70shall be set to indicate the error.
71.Sh ERRORS
72If any of the following conditions occur, the
73.Fn acl_init
74function shall return a value of
75.Va (acl_t)NULL
76and set
77.Va errno
78to the corresponding value:
79.Bl -tag -width Er
80.It Bq Er EINVAL
81The value of count is less than zero.
82.It Bq Er ENOMEM
83The
84.Va acl_t
85to be returned requires more memory than is allowed by the hardware or
86system-imposed memory management constraints.
87.El
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr acl 3 ,
90.Xr acl_free 3 ,
91.Xr posix1e 3
92.Sh STANDARDS
93POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.  Discussion
94of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation
95mailing list.  To join this list, see the
96.Fx
97POSIX.1e implementation
98page for more information.
99.Sh HISTORY
100POSIX.1e support was introduced in
101.Fx 4.0 ,
102and development continues.
103.Sh AUTHORS
104.An Robert N M Watson
105.Sh BUGS
106These features are not yet fully implemented.  In particular, the shipped
107version of UFS/FFS does not support storage of additional security labels,
108and so is unable to (easily) provide support for most of these features.
109