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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, 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, 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 effective 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 entries.

       -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, get-
       facl behaves as if it was invoked as ``getfacl -''.  No flags comments indicating the setuid, setgit, and sticky bits are generated.

AUTHOR

       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at>.

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

SEE ALSO

       setfacl(1), acl(5)

May 2000							ACL File Utilities							GETFACL(1)