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author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-04 21:15:16 +0000 |
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committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-04 21:15:16 +0000 |
commit | 9f516a06e7c6f525411dce748e4dafa561368c02 (patch) | |
tree | 980a9470e933ccb2a79e7e1d8a8f646fb1c4973d /lib/libc/posix1e/cap_free.3 | |
parent | a88c20a2394d023b211e87002e1c7fd00d8442ef (diff) | |
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o Introduce man pages for POSIX.1e capability API
- cap.3 describing library interface
- cap_*.3 describing specific API calls
APIs to follow relatively soon, code to follow later.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
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diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/cap_free.3 b/lib/libc/posix1e/cap_free.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28d9ead --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/cap_free.3 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" TrustedBSD Project - support for POSIX.1e process capabilities +.\" +.Dd April 1, 2000 +.Dt CAP_FREE 3 +.Os FreeBSD 5.0 +.Sh NAME +.Nm cap_free +.Nd Release Memory Allocated to a Capability State in Working Storage +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <sys/capability.h> +.Ft int +.Fn cap_free "void *obj_d" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The function +.Fn cap_free +shall free any releasable memory currently allocated to the capability +state in working storage identified by +.Va obj_d . +The +.Va obj_d +argument may identify either a cap_t entity, or a char * entity allocated +by the +.Fn cap_to_text +function. +.Pp +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +FreeBSD's support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under +development at this time. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, the function shall return a value of zero. +Otherwise, a value of -1 shall be returned and +.Va errno +set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +If any of the following conditions occur, the +.Fn cap_free +function shall return -1 and set +.Va errno +to the corresponding value: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value of the +.Va cap_p +argument does not refer to a capability state in the working storage. +Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix, or the +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cap 3 , +.Xr cap_dup 3 , +.Xr cap_from_text 3 , +.Xr cap_get_fd 3 , +.Xr cap_get_file 3 , +.Xr cap_get_proc 3 , +.Xr cap_init 3 , +.Xr cap_to_text 3 , +.Xr posix1e 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. Discussion +of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation +mailing list. To join this list, see the +.Fx +POSIX.1e implementation +page for more information. +.Sh HISTORY +Support for POSIX.1e Capabilities was developed as part of the TrustedBSD +Project. +POSIX.1e Capability support was introduced in +.Fx 5.0 , +and development continues. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Robert N M Watson +.Sh BUGS +These features are not yet fully implemented. |