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Old 05-27-2007
overriding the mask in setfacl
hello everbody:
Im trying to give the user "ydarwish" a full access over some directory on my sol9 machine.
however the setfacl is recalculating the mask parameter keeping me from keeping him effective write and read access:

Code:
root@Obi-Wan> setfacl -m u:ydarwish:rwx /IN_ARCHIVE6
root@Obi-Wan> getfacl /IN_ARCHIVE6

# file: /IN_ARCHIVE6
# owner: oracle
# group: oinstall
user::rwx
user:ydarwish:rwx               #effective:r-x
group::r-x              #effective:r-x
mask:r-x
other:r-x

do you have any idea how I can give the user effective rwx??I tried the -n option but didnt work:


Code:
root@Obi-Wan> setfacl -n -m u:ydarwish:rwx /IN_ARCHIVE6
setfacl: illegal option -- n
usage:
        setfacl [-r] -f aclfile file ...
        setfacl [-r] -d acl_entries file ...
        setfacl [-r] -m acl_entries file ...
        setfacl [-r] -s acl_entries file ...

Thanks alot guys
# 2  
Old 05-27-2007
you can try the -s option
# 3  
Old 05-27-2007
Change the mask.

Code:
zazzybob@host ~ $ touch filename
zazzybob@host ~ $ getfacl filename

# file: filename
# owner: zazzybob
# group: sysadmin
user::rw-
group::r--              #effective:r--
mask:r--
other:r--
zazzybob@host ~ $ setfacl -m u:oracle:rwx filename
zazzybob@host ~ $ getfacl filename

# file: filename
# owner: zazzybob
# group: sysadmin
user::rw-
user:oracle:rwx         #effective:r--
group::r--              #effective:r--
mask:r--
other:r--
zazzybob@host ~ $ setfacl -m m:rwx filename
zazzybob@host ~ $ getfacl filename

# file: filename
# owner: zazzybob
# group: sysadmin
user::rw-
user:oracle:rwx         #effective:rwx
group::r--              #effective:r--
mask:rwx
other:r--

Cheers
ZB
# 4  
Old 05-27-2007
Thanks alot for your help guys.
I updated the mask.
but I wasnt sure about the -s option, if it will remove the old entries and keep only the newl;y entered ones??

thanks again
# 5  
Old 05-30-2007
Here is the surprise:
I updated the facl of the directory nowI can see the effective permission of that user "ydarwish" is rwx. However the user is not being able to create a file inside it. Smilie

Code:
root@Obi-Wan> getfacl /IN_ARCHIVE6

# file: /IN_ARCHIVE6
# owner: oracle
# group: oinstall
user::rwx
user:ydarwish:rwx               #effective:rwx
group::rwx              #effective:rwx
mask:rwx
other:rwx

do you have any idea where should I check??
 
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