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14*a7d7cafeSRobert Mustacchi.Dd November 27, 2023
1543051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Dt PROC_GET_PRIV 3PROC
1643051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Os
1743051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh NAME
1843051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Nm proc_get_priv ,
1943051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Nm proc_free_priv
2043051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Nd get process privileges
21*a7d7cafeSRobert Mustacchi.Sh LIBRARY
2243051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Lb libproc
23*a7d7cafeSRobert Mustacchi.Sh SYNOPSIS
2443051d27SRobert Mustacchi.In libproc.h
2543051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Ft "prpriv_t *"
2643051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fo proc_get_priv
2743051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fa "pid_t pid"
2843051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fc
2943051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Ft void
3043051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fo proc_free_priv
3143051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fa "prpriv_t *prp"
3243051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fc
3343051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh DESCRIPTION
3443051d27SRobert MustacchiThe
3543051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fn proc_get_priv
3643051d27SRobert Mustacchifunction is a convenient way to read the /proc privilege file for the
3743051d27SRobert Mustacchiprocess
3843051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fa pid .
3943051d27SRobert MustacchiThe
4043051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fn proc_get_priv
4143051d27SRobert Mustacchifunction takes care of allocating memory for the privilege set and
4272d3dbb9SYuri Pankovensures that it is large enough to hold all of the privilege sets.
4372d3dbb9SYuri PankovThe definition of the
4443051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sy prpriv_t
4543051d27SRobert Mustacchistructure may be found in
46bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Xr proc 5 .
4743051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Pp
4843051d27SRobert MustacchiThe
4943051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fn proc_free_priv
5043051d27SRobert Mustacchifunction releases the memory that was allocated by a call to
5143051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fn proc_get_priv .
5243051d27SRobert MustacchiIt is safe to pass the
5343051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Dv NULL
5443051d27SRobert Mustacchipointer in as
5543051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fa prp ,
5643051d27SRobert Mustacchithe function will simply return without taking any action in that case.
5743051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh RETURN VALUES
5843051d27SRobert MustacchiUpon successful completion, the
5943051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fn proc_get_priv
6043051d27SRobert Mustacchifunction returns a pointer to an allocated
6143051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sy prpriv_t
6243051d27SRobert Mustacchiwith the privileges of
6343051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Fa pid .
6443051d27SRobert MustacchiOtherwise,
6543051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Dv NULL
6643051d27SRobert Mustacchiis returned to indicate an error occurred.
6743051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
6843051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sy Uncommitted
6943051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh MT-LEVEL
7043051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sy MT-Safe
7143051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Sh SEE ALSO
7243051d27SRobert Mustacchi.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
73bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Xr proc 5
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