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Fixes: 421025a274
PR: 262895
MFC after: 3 days
Reviewed by: emaste
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45240
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd May 21, 2024
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.Dt ACCESS 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm access ,
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.Nm eaccess ,
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.Nm faccessat
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.Nd check accessibility of a file
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn access "const char *path" "int mode"
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.Ft int
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.Fn eaccess "const char *path" "int mode"
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.Ft int
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.Fn faccessat "int fd" "const char *path" "int mode" "int flag"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn access ,
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.Fn eaccess
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and
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.Fn faccessat
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system calls report whether an attempt to access the file designated
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by their
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.Fa path
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in the manner described by their
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.Fa mode
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argument is likely to succeed.
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The value of
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.Fa mode
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is either the bitwise-inclusive OR of the desired permissions
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.Po
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.Dv R_OK
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for read permission,
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.Dv W_OK
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for write permission, and
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.Dv X_OK
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for execute / search permission
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.Pc
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or
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.Dv F_OK
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to simply check whether the file exists.
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.Pp
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For a number of reasons, these system calls cannot be relied upon to
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give a correct and definitive answer.
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They can at best provide an early indication of the expected outcome,
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to be confirmed by actually attempting the operation.
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For existence checks, either
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.Xr stat 2
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or
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.Xr lstat 2
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should be used instead.
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See also
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.Sx SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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below.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn eaccess
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system call uses
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the effective user ID and the group access list
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to authorize the request;
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the
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.Fn access
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system call uses
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the real user ID in place of the effective user ID,
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the real group ID in place of the effective group ID,
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and the rest of the group access list.
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.Pp
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See the
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.Sx DEFINITIONS
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section of
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.Xr intro 2
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for additional information on file access permissions and real
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vs. effective user and group IDs.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn faccessat
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system call is equivalent to
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.Fn access
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except in the case where
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.Fa path
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specifies a relative path.
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In this case the file whose accessibility is to be determined is
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located relative to the directory associated with the file descriptor
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.Fa fd
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instead of the current working directory.
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If
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.Fn faccessat
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is passed the special value
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.Dv AT_FDCWD
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in the
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.Fa fd
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parameter, the current working directory is used and the behavior is
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identical to a call to
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.Fn access .
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Values for
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.Fa flag
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are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of flags from the following
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list, defined in
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.In fcntl.h :
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Dv AT_EACCESS
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The checks are performed using the effective user and group IDs,
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like
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.Fn eaccess ,
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instead of the real user and group ID, like
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.Fn access .
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.It Dv AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH
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Only walk paths below the directory specified by the
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.Ar fd
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descriptor.
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See the description of the
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.Dv O_RESOLVE_BENEATH
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flag in the
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.Xr open 2
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manual page.
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.It Dv AT_EMPTY_PATH
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If the
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.Fa path
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argument is an empty string, operate on the file or directory
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referenced by the descriptor
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.Fa fd .
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If
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.Fa fd
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is equal to
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.Dv AT_FDCWD ,
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operate on the current working directory.
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.El
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.Pp
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Even if a process's real or effective user has appropriate privileges
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and indicates success for
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.Dv X_OK ,
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the file may not actually have execute permission bits set.
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Likewise for
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.Dv R_OK
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and
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.Dv W_OK .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn access ,
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.Fn eaccess ,
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and
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.Fn faccessat
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system calls may fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The value of the
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.Fa mode
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argument is invalid.
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
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or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The named file does not exist.
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.It Bq Er ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
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.It Bq Er EROFS
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Write access is requested for a file on a read-only file system.
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.It Bq Er ETXTBSY
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Write access is requested for a pure procedure (shared text)
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file presently being executed.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Permission bits of the file mode do not permit the requested
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access, or search permission is denied on a component of the
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path prefix.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa path
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argument
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points outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.It Bq Er EINTEGRITY
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Corrupted data was detected while reading from the file system.
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.El
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.Pp
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Also, the
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.Fn faccessat
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system call may fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The
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.Fa path
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argument does not specify an absolute path and the
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.Fa fd
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argument is
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neither
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.Dv AT_FDCWD
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nor a valid file descriptor.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The value of the
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.Fa flag
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argument is not valid.
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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The
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.Fa path
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argument is not an absolute path and
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.Fa fd
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is neither
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.Dv AT_FDCWD
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nor a file descriptor associated with a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENOTCAPABLE
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.Fa path
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is an absolute path,
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or contained a ".." component leading to a
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directory outside of the directory hierarchy specified by
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.Fa fd ,
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and the process is in capability mode.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chmod 2 ,
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.Xr intro 2 ,
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.Xr stat 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn access
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system call is expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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The
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.Fn faccessat
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system call follows The Open Group Extended API Set 2 specification.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn access
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function appeared in
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.At v7 .
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The
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.Fn faccessat
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system call appeared in
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.Fx 8.0 .
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.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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The
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.Fn access ,
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.Fn eaccess ,
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and
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.Fn faccessat
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system calls are subject to time-of-check-to-time-of-use races and
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should not be relied upon for file permission enforcement purposes.
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Instead, applications should perform the desired action using the
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requesting user's credentials.
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