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29.Dd October 8, 2014
30.Dt VOP_ACCESS 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm VOP_ACCESS
34.Nd "check access permissions of a file or Unix domain socket"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/vnode.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn VOP_ACCESS "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41This entry point checks the access permissions of the file against the
42given credentials.
43.Pp
44Its arguments are:
45.Bl -tag -width mode
46.It Ar vp
47the vnode of the file to check
48.It Ar mode
49the type of access required
50.It Ar cred
51the user credentials to check
52.El
53.Pp
54The
55.Fa mode
56is a mask which can contain
57.Dv VREAD ,
58.Dv VWRITE
59or
60.Dv VEXEC .
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62If the file is accessible in the specified way, then zero is returned,
63otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
64.Sh ERRORS
65.Bl -tag -width Er
66.It Bq Er EPERM
67An attempt was made to change an immutable file
68.It Bq Er EACCES
69Permission denied
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr vnode 9
73.Sh AUTHORS
74This man page was written by
75.An Doug Rabson .
76