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 NAME
   rdacl_lookup - Returns the ACL for an object

 SYNOPSIS

 #include <dce/rdaclif.h>

 void rdacl_lookup(
         handle_t h,
         sec_acl_component_name_t component_name,
         uuid_t *manager_type,
         sec_acl_type_t sec_acl_type,
         sec_acl_result_t *result);

 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

 result    A pointer to a tagged union of type sec_acl_result_t.  The tag
           is the completion status, result.st. If result.st is equal to
           error_status_ok, the union contains an ACL. Otherwise, the
           completion status indicates an error, and the union is empty.
           If the call returned successfully, the
           result.tagged_union.sec_acl_list_t structure contains a
           sec_acl_list_t.  This data type is an array of pointers to
           sec_acl_ts that define ACLs. If the permission set of the
           returned ACL is 32 bits or smaller, sec_acl_list_t points to
           only one sec_acl_t. If the permission set of the returned ACL
           is larger than 32 bits, multiple sec_acl_ts are used to hold
           them, and the sec_acl_list_t points to multiple sec_acl_ts.

 DESCRIPTION

 The rdacl_lookup() routine loads into memory a copy of an object's ACL
 corresponding to the specified manager type. The routine returns a
 pointer to the ACL. This routine is only used by ACL editors and
 browsers; an application would use sec_acl_test_access() or
 sec_acl_test_access_on_behalf() to process the contents of an ACL.

 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.

 sec_acl_cant_allocate_memory
              The requested operation requires more memory than is avail-
              able.

 error_status_ok
              The call was successful.

 RELATED INFORMATION

 Functions: sec_intro
            sec_acl_bind
            sec_acl_test_access
            sec_acl_test_access_on_behalf
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