On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:02:11PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
>   eaccess_file(2) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the
>   requested access is permitted on the file or directory identified by the
>   provided pathname.

Why not stick to existing naming practices?
eaccess()
 
>   eaccess_fd(2) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the
>   requested access is permitted on the file or directory associated with
>   the provided open file descriptor. 

Nope, faccess(2) (see fstat(2), flock(2), fchdir(2),...)
and feaccess(2)

>   faccess(3) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the requested
>   access is permitted on the file or directory associated with the
>   provided open file stream. 

What's wrong with faccess(fileno(...)) and feaccess(fileno(...))?

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