GETFACL(1)		     Access Control Lists		   GETFACL(1)



NAME
       getfacl - get file access control lists

SYNOPSIS
       getfacl [-dRLPvh] file ...

       getfacl [-dRLPvh] -


DESCRIPTION
       For  each  file, getfacl displays the file name, owner, the group, and
       the Access Control List (ACL). If a directory has a default ACL,	 get-
       facl  also  displays  the  default  ACL.	 Non-directories  cannot have
       default ACLs.

       If getfacl is used on a file system that does not support  ACLs,	 get-
       facl  displays  the access permissions defined by the traditional file
       mode permission bits.

       The output format of getfacl is as follows:
	       1:  # file: somedir/
	       2:  # owner: lisa
	       3:  # group: staff
	       4:  user::rwx
	       5:  user:joe:rwx		      #effective:r-x
	       6:  group::rwx		      #effective:r-x
	       7:  group:cool:r-x
	       8:  mask:r-x
	       9:  other:r-x
	      10:  default:user::rwx
	      11:  default:user:joe:rwx	      #effective:r-x
	      12:  default:group::r-x
	      13:  default:mask:r-x
	      14:  default:other:---


       Lines 4, 6 and 9 correspond to the user, group and other fields of the
       file  mode  permission  bits.  These  three  are	 called	 the base ACL
       entries. Lines 5 and 7 are named user and named group entries. Line  8
       is  the	effective rights mask. This entry limits the effective rights
       granted to all groups and to named users. (The file owner  and  others
       permissions  are	 not affected by the effective rights mask; all other
       entries are.)  Lines 10--14 display the default	ACL  associated	 with
       this  directory.	 Directories  may  have	 a default ACL. Regular files
       never have a default ACL.

       The default behavior for getfacl is to display both the	ACL  and  the
       default	ACL,  and  to  include	an effective rights comment for lines
       where the rights of the entry differ from the effective rights.

       If output is to a terminal, the effective rights comment is aligned to
       column  40.  Otherwise, a single tab character separates the ACL entry
       and the effective rights comment.

       The ACL listings of multiple files are separated by blank lines.	  The
       output of getfacl can also be used as input to setfacl.


   PERMISSIONS
       Process with search access to a file (i.e., processes with read access
       to the containing directory of a file) are also granted read access to
       the  file's  ACLs.   This is analogous to the permissions required for
       accessing the file mode.


   OPTIONS
       --access
	   Display the file access control list.

       -d, --default
	   Display the default access control list.

       --omit-header
	   Do not display the comment header (the first three lines  of	 each
	   file's output).

       --all-effective
	   Print  all  effective  rights  comments,  even if identical to the
	   rights defined by the ACL entry.

       --no-effective
	   Do not print effective rights comments.

       --skip-base
	   Skip files that only have the base ACL entries (owner, group, oth-
	   ers).

       -R, --recursive
	   List the ACLs of all files and directories recursively.

       -L, --logical
	   Logical  walk,  follow  symbolic links. The default behavior is to
	   follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links encoun-
	   tered in subdirectories.

       -P, --physical
	   Physical  walk,  skip all symbolic links. This also skips symbolic
	   link arguments.

       --tabular
	   Use an alternative tabular output format. The ACL and the  default
	   ACL	are  displayed side by side. Permissions that are ineffective
	   due to the ACL mask entry are displayed capitalized. The entry tag
	   names for the ACL_USER_OBJ and ACL_GROUP_OBJ entries are also dis-
	   played in capital letters, which helps in spotting those  entries.

       --absolute-names
	   Do  not strip leading slash characters ('/'). The default behavior
	   is to strip leading slash characters.

       --version
	   Print the version of getfacl and exit.

       --help
	   Print help explaining the command line options.

       --  End of command line options. All remaining parameters  are  inter-
	   preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.

       -   If  the  file  name	parameter is a single dash character, getfacl
	   reads a list of files from standard input.


CONFORMANCE TO POSIX 1003.1e DRAFT STANDARD 17
       If the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is  defined,	 the  default
       behavior	 of  getfacl  changes in the following ways: Unless otherwise
       specified, only the ACL is printed. The default ACL is only printed if
       the -d option is given. If no command line parameter is given, getfacl
       behaves as if it was invoked as ''getfacl -''.

AUTHOR
       Andreas Gruenbacher, .

       Please send your bug reports and comments to the above address.

SEE ALSO
       setfacl(1), acl(5)



May 2000		      ACL File Utilities		   GETFACL(1)

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2. as
3. groups
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5. column
6. link
7. links
8. which
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