VOP_ACCESS(9)

NAME

     VOP_ACCESS -- check access permissions of a file or Unix domain socket

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     int
     VOP_ACCESS(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred,
	 struct thread *td);

DESCRIPTION

     This entry point checks the access permissions of the file against the
     given credentials.

     Its arguments are:

     vp    the vnode of the file to check

     mode  the type of access required

     cred  the user credentials to check

     td    the thread which is checking

     The mode is a mask which can contain VREAD, VWRITE or VEXEC.

LOCKS

     The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.

RETURN VALUES

     If the file is accessible in the specified way, then zero is returned,
     otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.

PSEUDOCODE

     int
     vop_access(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td)
     {
	 int error;

	 /*
	  * Disallow write attempts on read-only file systems;
	  * unless the file is a socket, fifo, or a block or
	  * character device resident on the filesystem.
	  */
	 if (mode & VWRITE) {
	     switch (vp->v_type) {
	     case VDIR:
	     case VLNK:
	     case VREG:
		 if (vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY)
		     return EROFS;

		 break;
	     }
	 }

	 /* If immutable bit set, nobody gets to write it. */
	 if ((mode & VWRITE) && vp has immutable bit set)
	     return EPERM;

	 /* Otherwise, user id 0 always gets access. */
	 if (cred->cr_uid == 0)
	     return 0;

	 mask = 0;

	 /* Otherwise, check the owner. */
	 if (cred->cr_uid == owner of vp) {
	     if (mode & VEXEC)
		 mask |= S_IXUSR;
	     if (mode & VREAD)
		 mask |= S_IRUSR;
	     if (mode & VWRITE)
		 mask |= S_IWUSR;
	     return (((mode of vp) & mask) == mask ? 0 : EACCES);
	 }

	 /* Otherwise, check the groups. */
	 for (i = 0, gp = cred->cr_groups; i < cred->cr_ngroups; i++, gp++)
	     if (group of vp == *gp) {
		 if (mode & VEXEC)
		     mask |= S_IXGRP;
		 if (mode & VREAD)
		     mask |= S_IRGRP;
		 if (mode & VWRITE)
		     mask |= S_IWGRP;
		 return (((mode of vp) & mask) == mask ? 0 : EACCES);
	     }

	 /* Otherwise, check everyone else. */
	 if (mode & VEXEC)
	     mask |= S_IXOTH;
	 if (mode & VREAD)
	     mask |= S_IROTH;
	 if (mode & VWRITE)
	     mask |= S_IWOTH;
	 return (((mode of vp) & mask) == mask ? 0 : EACCES);
     }

ERRORS

     [EPERM]		An attempt was made to change an immutable file.

     [EACCES]		The permission bits the file mode or the ACL do not
			permit the requested access.

SEE ALSO

     vaccess(9), vaccess_acl_posix1e(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

     This man page was written by Doug Rabson.