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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.\" -*- nroff -*-
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 24, 1996
+.Os
+.Dt VOP_ACCESS 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm VOP_ACCESS
+.Nd "check access permissions of a file or Unix domain socket"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/vnode.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn VOP_ACCESS "struct vnode *vp" "accmode_t accmode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This entry point checks the access permissions of the file against the
+given credentials.
+.Pp
+Its arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width accmode
+.It Fa vp
+The vnode of the file to check.
+.It Fa accmode
+The type of access required.
+.It Fa cred
+The user credentials to check.
+.It Fa td
+The thread which is checking.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa accmode
+is a mask which can contain flags described in <sys/vnode.h>, e.g.
+.Dv VREAD ,
+.Dv VWRITE
+or
+.Dv VEXEC .
+.Sh LOCKS
+The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+If the file is accessible in the specified way, then zero is returned,
+otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+An attempt was made to change an immutable file.
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+The permission bits the file mode or the ACL do not permit the
+requested access.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vaccess 9 ,
+.Xr vaccess_acl_posix1e 9 ,
+.Xr vnode 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Doug Rabson .