GENERIC_PERMISSION
Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME
generic_permission - check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
int generic_permission (struct inode * inode, int mask, int (*check_acl)
struct inode *inode, int mask);
ARGUMENTS
- inode
-
inode to check access rights for
- mask
-
right to check for (MAY_READ, MAY_WRITE, MAY_EXEC)
- check_acl
-
optional callback to check for Posix ACLs
DESCRIPTION
Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a file.
We use ``fsuid'' for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
for filesystem access without changing the ``normal'' uids which
are used for other things..
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