Manual: getfacl

GETFACL(1)					    Access Control Lists					  GETFACL(1)

NAME
       getfacl - get file access control lists

SYNOPSIS
       getfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] file ...

       getfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] -

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, getfacl also displays the default ACL. Non-directories cannot have default ACLs.

       If getfacl is used on a file system that does not support ACLs, getfacl 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:  # flags: -s-
	       5:  user::rwx
	       6:  user:joe:rwx		      #effective:r-x
	       7:  group::rwx		      #effective:r-x
	       8:  group:cool:r-x
	       9:  mask::r-x
	      10:  other::r-x
	      11:  default:user::rwx
	      12:  default:user:joe:rwx	      #effective:r-x
	      13:  default:group::r-x
	      14:  default:mask::r-x
	      15:  default:other::---

       Lines 1--3 indicate the file name, owner, and owning group.

       Line  4	indicates the setuid (s), setgid (s), and sticky (t) bits: either the letter representing the bit, or else a
       dash (-). This line is included if any of those bits is set and left out otherwise, so it will not be shown for	most
       files. (See CONFORMANCE TO POSIX 1003.1e DRAFT STANDARD 17 below.)

       Lines  5,  7  and 10 correspond to the user, group and other fields of the file mode permission bits. These three are
       called the base ACL entries. Lines 6 and 8 are named user and named group entries. Line 9  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 11--15 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
       -a, --access
	   Display the file access control list.

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

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

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

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

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

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

       -L, --logical
	   Logical walk, follow symbolic links to directories. The default behavior is to follow  symbolic  link  arguments,
	   and skip symbolic links encountered in subdirectories.  Only effective in combination with -R.

       -P, --physical
	   Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to directories. This also skips symbolic link arguments.	 Only effec‐
	   tive in combination with -R.

       -t, --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 displayed in capital letters, which helps in spotting those en‐
	   tries.

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

       -n, --numeric
	   List numeric user and group IDs

       -v, --version
	   Print the version of getfacl and exit.

       -h, --help
	   Print help explaining the command line options.

       --  End of command line options. All remaining parameters are interpreted 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 -''.  No flags comments	 in‐
       dicating the setuid, setgid, and sticky bits are generated.

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)