9.229 faccessat

POSIX specification:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/faccessat.html

Gnulib module: faccessat

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is missing on some platforms: glibc 2.3.6, Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. However, the replacement does not always take into account ACLs. Also, it is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

Other problems of this function:

• There is an inherent race between calling this function and performing some action based on the results; you should think twice before trusting this function, especially in a set-uid or set-gid program.