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01-31-2013
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What is mask and effective right mask in setfacl?
Hi Guys,
can someone explain what is mask and effective right mask in setfacl and getfacl command with example, unable to get it. |
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01-31-2013
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Just like 'chmod' or 'ls -l', octal bits or letters: Man Page for setfacl (all Section 1) - The UNIX and Linux Forums
EXAMPLES Example 1 Adding read permission only The following example adds one ACL entry to file abc, which gives user shea read permission only. setfacl -m user:shea:r-- abc |
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02-01-2013
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i know setfacl -m option to grant permissions to a user , but i want to know what is the mask in this case and how it effects the other permission and also what is effective rights mask ---------- Post updated at 08:22 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:15 AM ---------- also i have found this line in many online articles can someone elaborate this Code:
Sets the effective rights mask. The mask is the union of all permissions of the owning group and all of the user and group entries. |
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02-01-2013
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The mask is the rwx- string for the 9 bits, e.g., rwxrwxrwx or rw-r-----.
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