cryptomgmtlibs/securitycommonutils/inc/securityutils.h
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: 
+* Includes APIs for common security checks
+*
+*/
+
+
+/**
+ @file
+ @internalTechnology
+*/
+
+#ifndef SECURITYUTILS_H
+#define SECURITYUTILS_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+namespace SecCommonUtils
+{	
+	/**
+	 Returns a set of capabilities required for doing a file modification. 
+	 This function is useful for cases where an FS operation is performed by a higher-trust process on behalf of a lower-trust process, 
+	 and the higher-trust process wants to verify whether the operation is legal.
+	 Please note that this function returns TCB as required for paths with relative indirections (".."), as well as paths with wild cards.
+	 
+	 @param aFileName			FileName, for which the client is verified
+	 @param aClientSid			SID of the client requesting the file modification
+	 @return					Set of capabilities. If a process has any of these, it can have modification access
+	 */
+	IMPORT_C TCapabilitySet FileModificationRequiredCapabilitiesL(const TDesC& aFileName, TSecureId aClientSid);
+}
+
+#endif /* SECURITYUTILS_H*/