NAME
euidaccess, eaccess - check effective user's permissions for a file SYNOPSIS
#define GNUSOURCE /* See featuretestmacros(7) */
#include
int euidaccess(const char *pathname, int mode); int eaccess(const char *pathname, int mode); DESCRIPTION Like access(2), euidaccess() checks permissions and existence of the file identified by its argument pathname. However, whereas access(2), performs checks using the real user and group identifiers of the process, euidaccess() uses the effective identifiers. mode is a mask consisting of one or more of ROK, WOK, XOK and FOK, with the same meanings as for access(2). eaccess() is a synonym for euidaccess(), provided for compatibility with some other systems. RETURN VALUE On success (all requested permissions granted), zero is returned. On error (at least one bit in mode asked for a permission that is denied, or some other error occurred), -1 is returned, and errno is set appro‐ priately. ERRORS As for access(2). VERSIONS The eaccess() function was added to glibc in version 2.4. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│euidaccess(), eaccess() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ CONFORMING TO These functions are nonstandard. Some other systems have an eaccess() function. NOTES Warning: Using this function to check a process's permissions on a file before performing some operation based on that information leads to race conditions: the file permissions may change between the two steps. Generally, it is safer just to attempt the desired operation and handle any permission error that occurs. This function always dereferences symbolic links. If you need to check the permissions on a symbolic link, use faccessat(2) with the flags ATEACCESS and ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. SEE ALSO access(2), chmod(2), chown(2), faccessat(2), open(2), setgid(2), setuid(2), stat(2), credentials(7), pathresolution(7) COLOPHON
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2010-11-01 EUIDACCESS(3)