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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/euidaccess.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/euidaccess.3 | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man3/euidaccess.3 b/man3/euidaccess.3 index a8d1218..c4fcc0e 100644 --- a/man3/euidaccess.3 +++ b/man3/euidaccess.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH euidaccess 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH euidaccess 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME euidaccess, eaccess \- check effective user's permissions for a file .SH LIBRARY @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Standard C library .nf .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int euidaccess(const char *" pathname ", int " mode ); .BI "int eaccess(const char *" pathname ", int " mode ); .fi @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ However, whereas performs checks using the real user and group identifiers of the process, .BR euidaccess () uses the effective identifiers. -.PP +.P .I mode is a mask consisting of one or more of .BR R_OK ", " W_OK ", " X_OK ", and " F_OK , with the same meanings as for .BR access (2). -.PP +.P .BR eaccess () is a synonym for .BR euidaccess (), @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ T{ .BR eaccess () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH VERSIONS Some other systems have an .\" e.g., FreeBSD 6.1. @@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ 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. -.PP +.P This function always dereferences symbolic links. If you need to check the permissions on a symbolic link, use .BR faccessat (2) |