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29.Dd January 17, 2022
30.Dt GENFS_CAN_ACCESS_ACL_POSIX1E 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
34.Nd generate a POSIX.1e ACL access control decision using vnode parameters
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In miscfs/genfs/genfs.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
39.Fa "struct vnode *vp"
40.Fa "kauth_cred_t cred"
41.Fa "uid_t file_uid"
42.Fa "gid_t file_gid"
43.Fa "mode_t file_mode"
44.Fa "struct acl *acl"
45.Fa "accmode_t accmode"
46.Fc
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48This call implements the logic for the
49.Ux
50discretionary file security model
51with POSIX.1e ACL extensions.
52It accepts the vnode
53.Fa vp ,
54requesting credential
55.Fa cred ,
56owning UID
57.Fa file_uid ,
58owning GID
59.Fa file_gid ,
60file permissions
61.Fa file_mode ,
62access ACL for the file
63.Fa acl ,
64and
65desired access mode
66.Fa accmode .
67.Pp
68This call is intended to support implementations of
69.Xr VOP_ACCESS 9 ,
70which will use their own access methods to retrieve the vnode properties,
71and then invoke
72.Fn genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
73in order to perform the actual check.
74Implementations of
75.Xr VOP_ACCESS 9
76may choose to implement additional security mechanisms whose results will
77be composed with the return value.
78.Pp
79The algorithm used by
80.Fn genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
81is based on the POSIX.1e ACL evaluation algorithm.
82The algorithm selects a
83.Em matching
84entry from the access ACL, which may
85then be composed with an available ACL mask entry, providing
86.Ux
87security compatibility.
88.Pp
89Once appropriate protections are selected for the current credential,
90the requested access mode, in combination with the vnode type, will be
91compared with the discretionary rights available for the credential.
92If the rights granted by discretionary protections are insufficient,
93then super-user privilege, if available for the credential, will also be
94considered.
95.Sh RETURN VALUES
96.Fn genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
97will return 0 on success, or a non-zero error value on failure.
98.Sh ERRORS
99.Bl -tag -width Er
100.It Bq Er EACCES
101Permission denied.
102An attempt was made to access a file in a way forbidden by its file access
103permissions.
104.It Bq Er EPERM
105Operation not permitted.
106An attempt was made to perform an operation limited to processes with
107appropriate privileges or to the owner of a file or other resource.
108.El
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr genfs_can_access 9 ,
111.Xr vnode 9 ,
112.Xr VOP_ACCESS 9
113.Sh AUTHORS
114This manual page and the current implementation of
115.Fn genfs_can_access_acl_posix1e
116were written by
117.An Robert Watson .
118.Sh BUGS
119This manual page should include a full description of the POSIX.1e ACL
120evaluation algorithm, or cross reference another page that does.
121