getfacl(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        getfacl(1)

NAME

       getfacl - display discretionary file information

SYNOPSIS

       getfacl [-ad] file...

DESCRIPTION

       For  each  argument  that is a regular file, special file, or named pipe, the getfacl utility displays the owner, the group, and the Access
       Control List (ACL).  For each directory argument, getfacl displays the owner, the group, and the ACL and/or the default ACL. Only  directo-
       ries contain default ACLs.

       The getfacl utility may be executed on a file system that does not support ACLs. It reports the ACL based on the base permission bits.

       With no options specified, getfacl displays the filename, the file owner, the file group owner, and both the ACL and the default ACL, if it
       exists.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a       Displays the filename, the file owner, the file group owner, and the ACL of the file.

       -d       Displays the filename, the file owner, the file group owner, and the default ACL of the file, if it exists.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       file     The path name of a regular file, special file, or named pipe.

OUTPUT

       The format for ACL output is as follows:

       # file: filename
       # owner: uid
       # group: gid
       user::perm
       user:uid:perm
       group::perm
       group:gid:perm
       mask:perm
       other:perm
       default:user::perm
       default:user:uid:perm
       default:group::perm
       default:group:gid:perm
       default:mask:perm
       default:other:perm

       When multiple files are specified on the command line, a blank line separates the ACLs for each file.

       The ACL entries are displayed in the order in which they are evaluated when an access check is performed. The default ACL entries that  may
       exist on a directory have no effect on access checks.

       The  first three lines display the filename, the file owner, and the file group owner. Notice that when only the -d option is specified and
       the file has no default ACL, only these three lines are displayed.

       The user entry without a user ID indicates the permissions that  are granted to the file owner. One or more additional user  entries  indi-
       cate the permissions that are granted to the specified users.

       The  group  entry  without  a  group  ID  indicates the permissions that  are granted to the file group owner. One or more additional group
       entries indicate the permissions that  are granted to the specified groups.

       The mask entry indicates the ACL mask permissions. These are the maximum permissions allowed to any user entries except the file owner, and
       to any group entries, including the file group owner. These permissions restrict the permissions specified in other entries.

       The other entry indicates the permissions that are granted to others.

       The  default entries may exist only for directories. These entries indicate the default entries that are added to a file created within the
       directory.

       The uid is a login name or a user ID if there is no entry for the uid in the system password file, /etc/passwd. The gid is a group name  or
       a group ID if there is no entry for the gid in the system group file, /etc/group. The perm is a three character string composed of the let-
       ters representing the separate discretionary access rights: r (read), w (write), x (execute/search), or the place holder character  -.  The
       perm is displayed in the following order: rwx. If a permission is not granted by an ACL entry, the place holder character appears.

       If   you  use the chmod(1) command to change the file group owner permissions on a file with ACL entries, both the file group owner permis-
       sions and the ACL mask are changed to the new permissions. Be aware that the new ACL mask permissions may change the effective  permissions
       for additional users and groups who have ACL entries on the file.

       In  order  to  indicate  that  the  ACL mask  restricts an ACL entry, getfacl displays an additional tab character, pound sign (#), and the
       actual permissions granted, following the entry.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Displaying file information

       Given file foo, with an ACL six entries long, the command

       host% getfacl foo

       would print:

       # file: foo
       # owner: shea
       # group: staff
       user::rwx
       user:spy:---
       user:mookie:r--
       group::r--
       mask::rw-
       other::---

       Example 2: Displaying information after chmod command

       Continue with the above example, after chmod 700 foo was issued:

       host% getfacl foo

       would print:

       # file: foo
       # owner: shea
       # group: staff
       user::rwx
       user:spy:---
       user:mookie:r--     #effective:---
       group::---
       mask::---
       other::---

       Example 3: Displaying information when ACL contains default entries

       Given directory doo, with an ACL containing default entries, the command

       host% getfacl -d doo

       would print:

       # file: doo
       # owner: shea
       # group: staff
       default:user::rwx
       default:user:spy:---
       default:user:mookie:r--
       default:group::r--
       default:mask::---
       default:other::---

FILES

       /etc/passwd     system password file

       /etc/group      group file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       chmod(1), ls(1), setfacl(1), acl(2), aclsort(3SEC), group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The output from getfacl is in the correct format for input to the setfacl -f command. If the output from getfacl is redirected to  a  file,
       the file may be used as input to setfacl. In this way, a user may easily assign one file's ACL to another file.

SunOS 5.10                                                          5 Nov 1994                                                          getfacl(1)