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The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\"/ .Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ .Dt MSGCTL 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm msgctl .Nd message control operations .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Fd #include .Fd #include .Ft int .Fn msgctl "int msqid" "int cmd" "struct msqid_ds *buf" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn msgctl system call performs some control operations on the message queue specified by .Fa msqid . .Pp Each message queue has a data structure associated with it, parts of which may be altered by .Fn msgctl and parts of which determine the actions of .Fn msgctl . The data structure is defined in .Aq Pa sys/msg.h and contains (amongst others) the following members: .Bd -literal struct msqid_ds { struct ipc_perm msg_perm; /* msg queue permission bits */ u_long msg_cbytes; /* # of bytes in use on the queue */ u_long msg_qnum; /* # of msgs in the queue */ u_long msg_qbytes; /* max # of bytes on the queue */ pid_t msg_lspid; /* pid of last msgsnd() */ pid_t msg_lrpid; /* pid of last msgrcv() */ time_t msg_stime; /* time of last msgsnd() */ time_t msg_rtime; /* time of last msgrcv() */ time_t msg_ctime; /* time of last msgctl() */ }; .Ed .Pp The .Fa ipc_perm structure used inside the .Fa msqid_ds structure is defined in .Aq Pa sys/ipc.h and looks like this: .Bd -literal struct ipc_perm { uid_t cuid; /* creator user id */ gid_t cgid; /* creator group id */ uid_t uid; /* user id */ gid_t gid; /* group id */ mode_t mode; /* permission (9 bits, see chmod(2)) */ u_short seq; /* sequence # (to generate unique id) */ key_t key; /* user specified msg/sem/shm key */ }; .Ed .Pp The operation to be performed by .Fn msgctl is specified in .Fa cmd and is one of: .Bl -tag -width IPC_RMIDX .It Dv IPC_STAT Gather information about the message queue and place it in the structure pointed to by .Fa buf . .It Dv IPC_SET Set the value of the .Va msg_perm.uid , .Va msg_perm.gid , .Va msg_perm.mode and .Va msg_qbytes fields in the structure associated with .Fa msqid . The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the structure pointed to by .Fa buf . This operation can only be executed by the superuser, or a process that has an effective user ID equal to either .Va msg_perm.cuid or .Va msg_perm.uid in the data structure associated with the message queue. The value of .Va msg_qbytes can only be increased by the superuser. Values for .Va msg_qbytes that exceed the system limit .Pf ( Dv MSGMNB from .Aq Pa sys/msg.h ) are silently truncated to that limit. .Pp .It Dv IPC_RMID Remove the message queue specified by .Fa msqid and destroy the data associated with it. Only the superuser or a process with an effective UID equal to the .Va msg_perm.cuid or .Va msg_perm.uid values in the data structure associated with the queue can do this. .El .Pp The permission to read from or write to a message queue (see .Xr msgsnd 2 and .Xr msgrcv 2 ) is determined by the .Va msg_perm.mode field in the same way as is done with files (see .Xr chmod 2 ) , but the effective UID can match either the .Va msg_perm.cuid field or the .Va msg_perm.uid field, and the effective GID can match either .Va msg_perm.cgid or .Va msg_perm.gid . .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS .Fn msgctl will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EPERM .Fa cmd is equal to .Dv IPC_SET or .Dv IPC_RMID and the caller is not the superuser, nor does the effective UID match either the .Va msg_perm.uid or .Va msg_perm.cuid fields of the data structure associated with the message queue. .Pp An attempt is made to increase the value of .Va msg_qbytes through .Dv IPC_SET but the caller is not the superuser. .It Bq Er EACCES The command is .Dv IPC_STAT and the caller has no read permission for this message queue. .It Bq Er EINVAL .Fa msqid is not a valid message queue identifier. .Pp .Va cmd is not a valid command. .It Bq Er EFAULT .Fa buf specifies an invalid address. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr msgget 2 , .Xr msgrcv 2 , .Xr msgsnd 2 .Sh HISTORY Message queues appeared in the first release of AT&T Unix System V.