ACL\_CLEAR\_PERMS(3) Library Functions Manual ACL\_CLEAR\_PERMS(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`acl_clear_perms` — clear all permissions from an ACL permission set

# [LIBRARY](#LIBRARY)

Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`#include <sys/types.h>`  
`#include <sys/acl.h>`

`int`  
`acl_clear_perms`(`acl_permset_t permset_d`);

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The [`acl_clear_perms`](#acl_clear_perms)() function clears all permissions from the permission set referred to by the argument `permset_d`.

Any existing descriptors that refer to `permset_d` shall continue to refer to that permission set.

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

The `acl_clear_perms`() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable `errno` is set to indicate the error.

# [ERRORS](#ERRORS)

If any of the following conditions occur, the `acl_clear_perms`() function returns `-1` and sets `errno` to the corresponding value:

\[[`EINVAL`](#EINVAL)]

The argument `permset_d` is not a valid descriptor for a permission set within an ACL entry.

# [STANDARDS](#STANDARDS)

IEEE Std 1003.1e draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned)

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[acl\_add\_perm(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_add_perm.3), [acl\_delete\_perm(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_delete_perm.3), [acl\_get\_perm(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_get_perm.3), [acl\_get\_permset(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_get_permset.3), [acl\_set\_permset(3)](/man/os/acl/acl_set_permset.3), [acl(5)](/man/os/acl/acl.5)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Derived from the FreeBSD manual pages written by Robert N M Watson ⟨rwatson@FreeBSD.org⟩, and adapted for Linux by Andreas Gruenbacher ⟨andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com⟩.

March 23, 2002 Linux ACL

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Document: acl_clear_perms(3) from acl 2.4.0-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/acl.git