1GETFACL(1) Access Control Lists GETFACL(1)
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6 getfacl - get file access control lists
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9 getfacl -dRLPvh] file ...
10 getfacl -dRLPvh] -
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15 For each file, getfacl displays the file name, owner, the group, and
16 the Access Control List (ACL). If a directory has a default ACL, get‐
17 facl also displays the default ACL. Non-directories cannot have default
18 ACLs.
19 If getfacl is used on a file system that does not support ACLs, getfacl
21 displays the access permissions defined by the traditional file mode
22 permission bits.
23 The output format of getfacl is as follows:
25 1: # file: somedir/
26 2: # owner: lisa
27 3: # group: staff
28 4: user::rwx
29 5: user:joe:rwx #effective:r-x
30 6: group::rwx #effective:r-x
31 7: group:cool:r-x
32 8: mask:r-x
33 9: other:r-x
34 10: default:user::rwx
35 11: default:user:joe:rwx #effective:r-x
36 12: default:group::r-x
37 13: default:mask:r-x
38 14: default:other:---
39 Lines 4, 6 and 9 correspond to the user, group and other fields of the
42 file mode permission bits. These three are called the base ACL entries.
43 Lines 5 and 7 are named user and named group entries. Line 8 is the
44 effective rights mask. This entry limits the effective rights granted
45 to all groups and to named users. (The file owner and others permis‐
46 sions are not affected by the effective rights mask; all other entries
47 are.) Lines 10--14 display the default ACL associated with this direc‐
48 tory. Directories may have a default ACL. Regular files never have a
49 default ACL.
50 The default behavior for getfacl is to display both the ACL and the
52 default ACL, and to include an effective rights comment for lines where
53 the rights of the entry differ from the effective rights.
54 If output is to a terminal, the effective rights comment is aligned to
56 column 40. Otherwise, a single tab character separates the ACL entry
57 and the effective rights comment.
58 The ACL listings of multiple files are separated by blank lines. The
60 output of getfacl can also be used as input to setfacl.
61 PERMISSIONS
64 Process with search access to a file (i.e., processes with read access
65 to the containing directory of a file) are also granted read access to
66 the file's ACLs. This is analogous to the permissions required for
67 accessing the file mode.
68 OPTIONS
71 --access
72 Display the file access control list.
73 -d, --default
75 Display the default access control list.
76 --omit-header
78 Do not display the comment header (the first three lines of each
79 file's output).
80 --all-effective
82 Print all effective rights comments, even if identical to the
83 rights defined by the ACL entry.
84 --no-effective
86 Do not print effective rights comments.
87 --skip-base
89 Skip files that only have the base ACL entries (owner, group, oth‐
90 ers).
91 -R, --recursive
93 List the ACLs of all files and directories recursively.
94 -L, --logical
96 Logical walk, follow symbolic links. The default behavior is to
97 follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links encoun‐
98 tered in subdirectories.
99 -P, --physical
101 Physical walk, skip all symbolic links. This also skips symbolic
102 link arguments.
103 --tabular
105 Use an alternative tabular output format. The ACL and the default
106 ACL are displayed side by side. Permissions that are ineffective
107 due to the ACL mask entry are displayed capitalized. The entry tag
108 names for the ACL_USER_OBJ and ACL_GROUP_OBJ entries are also dis‐
109 played in capital letters, which helps in spotting those entries.
110 --absolute-names
112 Do not strip leading slash characters (`/'). The default behavior
113 is to strip leading slash characters.
114 --version
116 Print the version of getfacl and exit.
117 --help
119 Print help explaining the command line options.
120 -- End of command line options. All remaining parameters are inter‐
122 preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
123 - If the file name parameter is a single dash character, getfacl
125 reads a list of files from standard input.
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129 If the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined, the default
130 behavior of getfacl changes in the following ways: Unless otherwise
131 specified, only the ACL is printed. The default ACL is only printed if
132 the -d option is given. If no command line parameter is given, getfacl
133 behaves as if it was invoked as ``getfacl -''.
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136 Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at>.
137 Please send your bug reports and comments to the above address.
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141 setfacl(1), acl(5)
142May 2000 ACL File Utilities GETFACL(1)