ACL_GET_QUALIFIER(3) | Library Functions Manual | ACL_GET_QUALIFIER(3)

# NAME

`acl_get_qualifier` — retrieve the qualifier from an ACL entry

# LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

# SYNOPSIS

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

void *
`acl_get_qualifier`(acl_entry_t entry_d);

# DESCRIPTION

The `acl_get_qualifier`() function is a POSIX.1e call that retrieves the qualifier of the tag for the ACL entry indicated by the argument entry_d into working storage and returns a pointer to that storage.

If the value of the tag type in the ACL entry referred to by entry_d is `ACL_USER`, then the value returned by `acl_get_qualifier`() will be a pointer to type uid_t.

If the value of the tag type in the ACL entry referred to by entry_d is `ACL_GROUP`, then the value returned by `acl_get_qualifier`() will be a pointer to type gid_t.

If the value of the tag type in the ACL entry referred to by entry_d is `ACL_UNDEFINED_TAG`, `ACL_USER_OBJ`, `ACL_GROUP_OBJ`, `ACL_OTHER`, `ACL_MASK`, or an implementation-defined value for which a qualifier is not supported, then `acl_get_qualifier`() will return a value of (void *)`NULL` and the function will fail.

This function may cause memory to be allocated. The caller should free any releasable memory, when the new qualifier is no longer required, by calling `acl_free`() with void * as the argument.

# RETURN VALUES

The `acl_get_qualifier`() function returns a pointer to the allocated storage if successful; otherwise a `NULL` pointer is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

# ERRORS

The `acl_get_qualifier`() fails if:

[`EINVAL`]
  Argument entry_d does not point to a valid descriptor for an ACL entry. The value of the tag type in the ACL entry referenced by argument entry_d is not `ACL_USER` or `ACL_GROUP`.
[`ENOMEM`]
  The value to be returned requires more memory than is allowed by the hardware or system-imposed memory management constraints.

# SEE ALSO

acl(3), acl_create_entry(3), acl_free(3), acl_get_entry(3), acl_get_tag_type(3), acl_set_qualifier(3), acl_set_tag_type(3), posix1e(3)

# STANDARDS

POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.

# HISTORY

POSIX.1e support was introduced in FreeBSD 4.0. The `acl_get_qualifier`() function was added in FreeBSD 5.0.

# AUTHORS

The `acl_get_qualifier`() function was written by Chris D. Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>.

March 13, 2001 | NetBSD 11.0