NAME
   rdacl_get_referral - Gets a referral to an ACL update site

 SYNOPSIS

 #include <dce/rdaclif.h>

 void rdacl_get_referral(
         handle_t h,
         sec_acl_component_name_t component_name,
         uuid_t *manager_type,
         sec_acl_type_t sec_acl_type,
         sec_acl_tower_set_t *towers[],
         error_status_t *status);

 PARAMETERS

 Input

 h      A handle referring to the target object.

 component_name
        A character string containing the name of the target object.

 manager_type
        A pointer to the UUID identifying the type of the ACL manager
        in question. There may be more than one type of ACL manager
        protecting the object whose ACL is bound to the input handle.
        Use this parameter to distinguish them.  Use
        sec_acl_get_manager_types() to acquire a list of the manager
        types protecting a given object.

 sec_acl_type
        The ACL type. The sec_acl_type_t data type distinguishes the
        various types of ACLs an object can possess for a given manager
        type.  The possible values are as follows:

         +  sec_acl_type_object

         +  sec_acl_type_default_object

         +  sec_acl_type_default_container

 Output

 towers[]
        A pointer to address information indicating an ACL update site.
        This information, obtained from the RPC runtime, is used by the
        client-side code to construct a new ACL binding handle indicating
        a site that will not return the sec_acl_site_readonly error.
        The sec_acl_tower_set_t structure contains an array of towers
        (called towers[]) and an unsigned 32-bit integer indicating the
        number of array elements (called count). This type enables the
        client to pass in an unallocated array of towers and have the
        server allocate the correct amount.

 status
        A pointer to the completion status.  On successful completion,
        the routine returns error_status_ok. Otherwise, it returns an
        error.

 DESCRIPTION

 The rdacl_get_referral() routine obtains a referral to an ACL update
 site.  This function is used when the current ACL site yields a
 sec_acl_site_readonly error. Some replication managers will require all
 updates for a given object to be directed to a given replica.  If
 clients of the generic ACL interface know they are dealing with an
 object that is replicated in this way, this function allows them to
 recover from the problem and rebind to the proper update site. The DCE
 network registry, for example, is replicated this way.

 NOTES

 This call is not intended to be used by application programs.  The
 sec_acl Application Programming Interface (API) provides all the
 functionality necessary to use the ACL facility. This reference page
 is provided for programmers who wish to write an ACL manager.  In
 order to write an ACL manager, a programmer must implement the entire
 rdacl interface.

 This network interface is called on the client side via the sec_acl
 local interface. Developers are responsible for implementing the server
 side of this interface. Test server code is included as a sample
 implementation.

 FILES
   SYS$COMMON:[DCE$LIBRARY]RDACLIF.IDL
               The idl file from which dce/rdaclif.h was derived.

 ERRORS

 sec_acl_unknown_manager_type
              The manager type selected is not an available option.

 error_status_ok
              The call was successful.

 RELATED INFORMATION

 Functions: sec_intro