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# Sun::Solaris::Privilege documentation.
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=head1 NAME

Sun::Solaris::Privilege - Perl interface to Privileges

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Sun::Solaris::Privilege qw(:ALL);

This module provides wrappers for the Privilege-related system and
library calls. Also provided are constants from the various
Privilege-related headers and dynamically generated constants for all
the privileges and privilege sets.

=head2 Functions

B<C<getppriv($which)>>

This function returns the process privilege set specified by $which.

B<C<setppriv($op, $which, $set)>>

This function modified the privilege set specified by $which in the
as specified by the $op and $set arguments.  If $op is PRIV_ON the
privileges in $set are added to the set specified; if $op is PRIV_OFF,
the privileges in $set are removed from the set specified; if $op
is PRIV_SET, the specified set is made equal to $set.

B<C<getpflags($flag)>>

Returns the value associated with process $flag or undef on error.
Possible values for $flag are PRIV_AWARE and PRIV_DEBUG.

B<C<setppflags($flag, $val)>>

Sets the process flag $flag to $val.

B<C<priv_fillset()>>

This returns a new privilege set with all privileges set.

B<C<priv_emptyset()>>

This returns a new empty privilege set.

B<C<priv_isemptyset($set)>>

This function returns whether $set is empty or not.

B<C<priv_isfullset($set)>>

This function returns whether $set is full or not.

B<C<priv_isequalset($a, $b)>>

This function returns whether sets $a and $b are equal.

B<C<priv_issubset($a, $b)>>

This function returns whether set $a is a subset of $b.

B<C<priv_ismember($set, $priv)>>

This function returns whether $priv is a member of $set.

B<C<priv_ineffect($priv)>>

This function returned whether $priv is in the process' effective set.

B<C<priv_intersect($a, $b)>>

This function returns a new privilege set which is the intersection of $a
and $b

B<C<priv_union($a, $b)>>

This function returns a new privilege set which is the union of $a
and $b

B<C<priv_inverse($a)>>

This function returns a new privilege set which is the inverse of $a.

B<C<priv_addset($set, $priv)>>

This functon adds the privilege $priv to $set.

B<C<priv_copyset($a)>>

This function returns a copy of the privilege set $a.

B<C<priv_delset($set, $priv)>>

This function remove the privilege $priv from $set.

=head2 Class methods

None.

=head2 Object methods

None.

=head2 Exports

By default nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be
used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module:

 :SYSCALLS    getppriv(), setppriv()

 :LIBCALLS    priv_addset(), priv_copyset(), priv_delset(),
	      priv_emptyset(), priv_fillset(), priv_intersect(),
	      priv_inverse(), priv_isemptyset(), priv_isequalset(),
	      priv_isfullset(), priv_ismember(), priv_issubset(),
	      priv_gettext(), priv_union(), priv_set_to_str(),
	      priv_str_to_set()

 :CONSTANTS   PRIV_STR_SHORT PRIV_STR_LIT PRIV_STR_PORT PRIV_ON PRIV_OFF
	      PRIV_SET PRIV_ALLSETS PRIV_AWARE PRIV_DEBUG
	      plus constant for all privileges and privilege sets.

 :VARIABLES   %PRIVILEGES, %PRIVSETS

 :ALL         :SYSCALLS, :LIBCALLS, :CONSTANTS and :VARIABLES

=head1 ATTRIBUTES

See C<attributes(5)> for descriptions of the following attributes:

  ___________________________________________________________
 |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 | Availability                | CPAN (http://www.cpan.org)  |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 | Interface Stability         | Evolving                    |
 |_____________________________|_____________________________|

=head1 SEE ALSO

C<getpflags(2)>, C<getppriv(2)>, C<priv_addset(3C)>, C<priv_str_to_set(3C)>,
C<priv_set(3C)>, C<privileges(5)>, C<attributes(5)>