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32.Dd July 24, 1996
33.Os
34.Dt VOP_ACCESS 9
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm VOP_ACCESS
37.Nd "check access permissions of a file or Unix domain socket"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/param.h
40.In sys/vnode.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_ACCESS "struct vnode *vp" "accmode_t accmode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44This entry point checks the access permissions of the file against the
45given credentials.
46.Pp
47Its arguments are:
48.Bl -tag -width accmode
49.It Fa vp
50The vnode of the file to check.
51.It Fa accmode
52The type of access required.
53.It Fa cred
54The user credentials to check.
55.It Fa td
56The thread which is checking.
57.El
58.Pp
59The
60.Fa accmode
61is a mask which can contain flags described in <sys/vnode.h>, e.g.
62.Dv VREAD ,
63.Dv VWRITE
64or
65.Dv VEXEC .
66.Sh LOCKS
67The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.
68.Sh RETURN VALUES
69If the file is accessible in the specified way, then zero is returned,
70otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
71.Sh PSEUDOCODE
72.Bd -literal
73int
74vop_access(struct vnode *vp, accmode_t accmode, struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td)
75{
76    int error;
77
78    /*
79     * Disallow write attempts on read-only file systems;
80     * unless the file is a socket, fifo, or a block or
81     * character device resident on the filesystem.
82     */
83    if (accmode & VWRITE) {
84	switch (vp->v_type) {
85	case VDIR:
86	case VLNK:
87	case VREG:
88	    if (vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY)
89		return EROFS;
90
91	    break;
92	}
93    }
94
95    /* If immutable bit set, nobody gets to write it. */
96    if ((accmode & VWRITE) && vp has immutable bit set)
97	return (EPERM);
98
99    error = vaccess(vp->v_type, mode of vp, owner of vp,
100        group of vp, ap->a_accmode, ap->a_cred, NULL);
101
102    return (error);
103}
104.Ed
105.Sh ERRORS
106.Bl -tag -width Er
107.It Bq Er EPERM
108An attempt was made to change an immutable file.
109.It Bq Er EACCES
110The permission bits the file mode or the ACL do not permit the
111requested access.
112.El
113.Sh SEE ALSO
114.Xr vaccess 9 ,
115.Xr vaccess_acl_posix1e 9 ,
116.Xr vnode 9
117.Sh AUTHORS
118This manual page was written by
119.An Doug Rabson .
120