NAME

       acl_error — convert an ACL error code to a text message

LIBRARY

       Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <acl/libacl.h>

       const char *
       acl_error(int code);

DESCRIPTION

       The  acl_error()  function  converts  an ACL error code such as returned by the acl_check() function to a
       text message describing the error condition. In the “POSIX” locale,  acl_check()  returns  the  following
       descriptions for the error codes.

       ACL_MULTI_ERROR       “Multiple entries”

       ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR   “Duplicate entries”

       ACL_MISS_ERROR        “Missing or wrong entry”

       ACL_ENTRY_ERROR       “Invalid entry type”

RETURN VALUE

       The  acl_error()  function  returns a text message if the error code is recognized, and a value of (const
       char *)NULL otherwise.

STANDARDS

       This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation functions defined  in  IEEE  Std
       1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned).

SEE ALSO

       acl_check(3), acl_valid(3), acl(5)

AUTHOR

       Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.

Linux ACL                                        March 23, 2002                                     ACL_CHECK(3)