Open System Services Programmer's Guide

Figure 7 Major Components and Interfaces for OSS Security Management
Table 36 OSS Security-Related Functions
Security-Related BehaviorOSS Function
Changes file access permissions for a list of users and groups.acl()
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Changes file access permissions.chmod()
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fchmod()
lchmod()
Changes file ownership.chown()
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fchown()
lchown()
Encrypts a password or other character data.crypt()
Gets the user name associated with the real user ID of the current process.cuserid()
Encrypts or decrypts an array.encrypt()
Closes the group database.endgrent()
Gets the OSS user ID for the owner of an open file.fstat()
fstat64()
Gets fileset access information.fstatvfs()
fstatvfs64()
Gets the effective group ID of the calling process.getegid()
Gets the effective OSS user ID of the calling process.geteuid()
Gets the real group ID of the calling process.getgid()
Functions Available for Security Management 251