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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users ACL confusion Post 303005194 by Peasant on Sunday 15th of October 2017 12:48:09 AM
Old 10-15-2017
Can you use setfacl -b <dir> option to clear all ACL entries ?

This will leave only regular permissions.

Hope that helps
Regards
Peasant.
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acl_first_entry(3)					     Library Functions Manual						acl_first_entry(3)

NAME
acl_first_entry - Resets the current ACL entry to be the first ACL entry LIBRARY
Security Library (libpacl.a) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/acl.h> int acl_first_entry( acl_t acl_d); PARAMETERS
Specifies the working storage internal representation ACL descriptor. DESCRIPTION
NOTE: This function is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The acl_first_entry() function sets the internal ACL entry offset pointer of the specified ACL such that a subsequent call to acl_get_entry() for that ACL, returns the first entry in the ACL. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the acl_first_entry() function returns a value of 0 (zero). Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and the errno global variable is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_first_entry() function sets errno to the corresponding value: The acl_d parameter does not refer to a valid ACL structure. RELATED INFORMATION
acl_get_entry(3), acl_copy_entry(3), acl_create_entry(3), acl_delete_entry(3), acl(4) Security delim off acl_first_entry(3)
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