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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
commit2faeeff4c9bb77cca44a977d96c1a9fc7af8d8a3 (patch)
treecb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/access.2
parenta1096fe6dfb9dc2ec492a1421075a38d6d75bc02 (diff)
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/access.2')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/access.216
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/access.2 b/lib/libc/sys/access.2
index 5d912b864eb3..0d3611a742c0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/access.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/access.2
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The
.Fn access
and
.Fn eaccess
-functions check the accessibility of the
+system calls check the accessibility of the
file named by
the
.Fa path
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ section of
.Pp
The
.Fn eaccess
-call uses
+system call uses
the effective user ID and the group access list
to authorize the request;
the
.Fn access
-call uses
+system call uses
the real user ID in place of the effective user ID,
the real group ID in place of the effective group ID,
and the rest of the group access list.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
The
.Fn access
-call
+system call
is a potential security hole due to race conditions and
should never be used.
Set-user-ID and set-group-ID applications should restore the
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ and perform actions directly rather than use
to simulate access checks for the real user or group ID.
The
.Fn eaccess
-call
+system call
likewise may be subject to races if used inappropriately.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chmod 2 ,
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ likewise may be subject to races if used inappropriately.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn access
-function call is expected to conform to
+system call is expected to conform to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Sh HISTORY
-An
+The
.Fn access
-function call appeared in
+function appeared in
.At v7 .