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Security Attributes Database Library Functions
                                              getprofattr(3SECDB)



NAME
     getprofattr,   getprofnam,    free_profattr,    setprofattr,
     endprofattr,   getproflist,   free_proflist  -  get  profile
     description and attributes

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lsecdb  -lsocket  -lnsl [ library... ]
     #include 

     profattr_t *getprofattr(void);


     profattr_t *getprofnam(const char *name);


     void free_profattr(profattr_t *pd);


     void setprofattr(void);


     void endprofattr(void);


     void getproflist(const char *profname, char **proflist, int *profcnt);


     void free_proflist(char **proflist, int profcnt);


DESCRIPTION
     The getprofattr() and getprofnam() functions each  return  a
     prof_attr  entry.  Entries  can come from any of the sources
     specified in the nsswitch.conf(4) file.


     The getprofattr() function enumerates prof_attr entries. The
     getprofnam()  function searches for a prof_attr entry with a
     given name.  Successive  calls  to  these  functions  return
     either successive prof_attr entries or NULL.


     The internal  representation  of  a  prof_attr  entry  is  a
     profattr_t structure defined in   with the fol-
     lowing members:

       char  *name;   /* Name of the profile */
       char  *res1;   /* Reserved for future use */
       char  *res2;   /* Reserved for future use */
       char  *desc;   /* Description/Purpose of the profile */
       kva_t *attr;   /* Profile attributes */



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     The free_profattr() function releases  memory  allocated  by
     the getprofattr() and getprofnam() functions.


     The setprofattr() function "rewinds" to the beginning of the
     enumeration  of prof_attr entries. Calls to getprofnam() can
     leave the enumeration in an indeterminate state.  Therefore,
     setprofattr() should be called before the first call to get-
     profattr().


     The endprofattr() function may be called  to  indicate  that
     prof_attr  processing is complete; the system may then close
     any open prof_attr file, deallocate storage, and so forth.


     The getproflist() function searches for  the  list  of  sub-
     profiles found in the given profname and allocates memory to
     store this list in proflist.  The  given  profname  will  be
     included  in  the list of sub-profiles. The profcnt argument
     indicates the number of items currently valid  in  proflist.
     Memory  allocated by getproflist() should be freed using the
     free_proflist() function.


     The free_proflist() function frees memory allocated  by  the
     getproflist()  function.  The profcnt argument specifies the
     number of items to free from the proflist argument.

RETURN VALUES
     The getprofattr() function returns a pointer to a profattr_t
     if it successfully enumerates an entry; otherwise it returns
     NULL, indicating the end of the enumeration.


     The getprofnam() function returns a pointer to a  profattr_t
     if it successfully locates the requested entry; otherwise it
     returns NULL.

USAGE
     Individual attributes in the prof_attr_t  structure  can  be
     referred to by calling the kva_match(3SECDB) function.


     Because the list of legal keys is likely to expand, any code
     must  be  written  to ignore unknown key-value pairs without
     error.


     The getprofattr() and getprofnam() functions  both  allocate
     memory  for  the pointers they return. This memory should be



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     deallocated with the free_profattr() function.

FILES
     /etc/security/prof_attr    profiles and their descriptions


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | MT-Safe                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     auths(1),         profiles(1),          getexecattr(3SECDB),
     getauthattr(3SECDB), prof_attr(4)
































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