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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man9/vaccess.9 b/static/openbsd/man9/vaccess.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a44d3ff0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man9/vaccess.9 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: vaccess.9,v 1.9 2013/06/04 19:27:15 schwarze Exp $ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Robert N. M. Watson +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $ +.Dt VACCESS 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vaccess +.Nd check access permissions based on vnode parameters +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In sys/vnode.h +.Ft int +.Fo vaccess +.Fa "enum vtype type" +.Fa "mode_t file_mode" +.Fa "uid_t uid" +.Fa "gid_t gid" +.Fa "mode_t acc_mode" +.Fa "struct ucred *cred" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn vaccess +function checks if the credentials described in +.Fa cred +are sufficient to perform the operation described by +.Fa acc_mode , +based on the +.Fa type , +.Fa file_mode , +.Fa uid , +and +.Fa gid +arguments. +These arguments would typically be based on the vnode being +accessed. +.Pp +.Fa file_mode +is the current mode of the file that is having access checked. +The +.Fa uid +and +.Fa gid +arguments are the user id and group id representing the owner of the file. +.Fa acc_mode +describes the operation desired. +It should be one of +.Dv VREAD , +.Dv VWRITE , +or +.Dv VEXEC +representing read, write, and execute, respectively. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn vaccess +will return 0 on success, or a non-zero error value on failure. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EACCES +Permission denied. +An attempt was made to access a file in a way forbidden by its file access +permissions. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vnode 9 +.Sh HISTORY +This man page was originally written by +.An Robert Watson +for +.Fx . +It was modified to represent the +.Ox +implementation by +.An Peter Werner . |
