diff -r b28cf69f42e8 -r aced2245fb1c src/server/config/acl.h
--- a/src/server/config/acl.h	Thu Feb 28 20:00:05 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/server/config/acl.h	Fri Mar 01 21:15:52 2013 +0100
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@
 int acl_parse(void *p, ConfigLine *begin, ConfigLine *end, sstr_t line);
 int parse_ace(ACLFile *f, sstr_t line);
 
+/*
+ * converts a access right string to an integer value
+ */
+uint32_t accstr2int(sstr_t access);
+
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 }
 #endif