/**
- * @brief Inherit the default ACL from @c parent to @c path.
+ * @brief Set @c acl as the default ACL on @c path if it's a directory.
*
- * The @c parent parameter does not necessarily need to be the parent
- * of @c path, although that will usually be the case. This overwrites
- * any existing default ACL on @c path.
- *
- * @param parent
- * The parent directory whose ACL we want to inherit.
+ * This overwrites any existing default ACL on @c path. If no default
+ * ACL exists, then one is created. If @c path is not a directory, we
+ * return ACL_FAILURE but no error is raised.
*
* @param path
- * The target directory whose ACL we wish to overwrite (or create).
+ * The target directory whose ACL we wish to replace or create.
+ *
+ * @param acl
+ * The ACL to set as default on @c path.
*
* @return
- * - @c ACL_SUCCESS - The default ACL was inherited successfully.
- * - @c ACL_FAILURE - Either @c parent or @c path is not a directory.
+ * - @c ACL_SUCCESS - The default ACL was assigned successfully.
+ * - @c ACL_FAILURE - If @c path is not a directory.
* - @c ACL_ERROR - Unexpected library error.
*/
-int inherit_default_acl(const char* path, const char* parent) {
-
- /* Our return value. */
- int result = ACL_SUCCESS;
+int assign_default_acl(const char* path, acl_t acl) {
if (path == NULL) {
errno = ENOENT;
return ACL_ERROR;
}
- if (!is_directory(path) || !is_directory(parent)) {
+ if (!is_directory(path)) {
return ACL_FAILURE;
}
- acl_t parent_acl = acl_get_file(parent, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
- if (parent_acl == (acl_t)NULL) {
- perror("inherit_default_acl (acl_get_file)");
- return ACL_ERROR;
- }
-
- acl_t path_acl = acl_dup(parent_acl);
+ /* Our return value; success unless something bad happens. */
+ int result = ACL_SUCCESS;
+ acl_t path_acl = acl_dup(acl);
if (path_acl == (acl_t)NULL) {
perror("inherit_default_acl (acl_dup)");
- acl_free(parent_acl);
- return ACL_ERROR;
+ return ACL_ERROR; /* Nothing to clean up in this case. */
}
int sf_result = acl_set_file(path, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, path_acl);
if (sf_result == -1) {
perror("inherit_default_acl (acl_set_file)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
- goto cleanup;
}
- cleanup:
acl_free(path_acl);
return result;
}
}
/* If it's a directory, inherit the parent's default. */
- int inherit_result = inherit_default_acl(path, parent);
+ int inherit_result = assign_default_acl(path, defacl);
if (inherit_result == ACL_ERROR) {
perror("apply_default_acl (inherit_acls)");
result = ACL_ERROR;