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.Dd March 23, 2002
.Dt ACL_CHECK 3
.Os "Linux ACL"
.Sh NAME
.Nm acl_error
.Nd convert an ACL error code to a text message
.Sh LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, \-lacl).
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In acl/libacl.h
.Ft const char *
.Fn acl_error "int code"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn acl_error
function converts an ACL error code such as returned by the
.Fn acl_check
function to a text message describing the error condition. In the
\(lqPOSIX\(rq locale,
.Fn acl_check
returns the following descriptions for the error codes.
.Bl -tag -width ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR.
.It ACL_MULTI_ERROR
\(lqMultiple entries\(rq
.It ACL_DUPLICATE_ERROR
\(lqDuplicate entries\(rq
.It ACL_MISS_ERROR
\(lqMissing or wrong entry\(rq
.It ACL_ENTRY_ERROR
\(lqInvalid entry type\(rq
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUE
The
.Fn acl_error
function returns a text message if the error code is recognized, and a value of
.Li (const char *)NULL
otherwise.
.Sh STANDARDS
This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation
functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (\(lqPOSIX.1e\(rq, abandoned).
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acl_check 3 ,
.Xr acl_valid 3 ,
.Xr acl 5
.Sh AUTHOR
Written by
.An "Andreas Gruenbacher" Aq a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at .
