Setting Default Acls - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 8. Access Control Lists
1. Per user
2. Per group
3. Via the effective rights mask
4. For users not in the user group for the file
The setfacl utility sets ACLs for files and directories. Use the -m option to add or modify the ACL of
a file or directory:
setfacl -m <rules> <files>
Rules (<rules>) must be specified in the following formats. Multiple rules can be specified in the
same command if they are separated by commas.
u:<uid>:<perms>
Sets the access ACL for a user. The user name or UID may be specified. The user may be any
valid user on the system.
g:<gid>:<perms>
Sets the access ACL for a group. The group name or GID may be specified. The group may be
any valid group on the system.
m:<perms>
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.
o:<perms>
Sets the access ACL for users other than the ones in the group for the file.
White space is ignored. Permissions (<perms>) must be a combination of the characters r, w, and x
for read, write, and execute.
If a file or directory already has an ACL, and the setfacl command is used, the additional rules are
added to the existing ACL or the existing rule is modified.
For example, to give read and write permissions to user andrius:
setfacl -m u:andrius:rw /project/somefile
To remove all the permissions for a user, group, or others, use the -x option and do not specify any
permissions:
setfacl -x <rules> <files>
For example, to remove all permissions from the user with UID 500:
setfacl -x u:500 /project/somefile

8.3. Setting Default ACLs

To set a default ACL, add d: before the rule and specify a directory instead of a file name.
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