NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | PERMISSIONS ALIASES | EXAMPLES | AUTHORS | CONTACT | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

NFS4_SETFACL(1)          NFSv4 Access Control Lists          NFS4_SETFACL(1)

NAME         top

       nfs4_setfacl,  nfs4_editfacl - manipulate NFSv4 file/directory access
       control lists

SYNOPSIS         top

       nfs4_setfacl [OPTIONS] COMMAND file...
       nfs4_editfacl [OPTIONS] file...

DESCRIPTION         top

       nfs4_setfacl manipulates the NFSv4 Access Control List (ACL) of one
       or more files (or directories), provided they are on a mounted NFSv4
       filesystem which supports ACLs.
       nfs4_editfacl is equivalent to nfs4_setfacl -e.
       Refer to the nfs4_acl(5) manpage for information about NFSv4 ACL
       terminology and syntax.
   COMMANDS
       -a acl_spec [index]
              add the ACEs from acl_spec to file's ACL.  ACEs are inserted
              starting at the indexth position (DEFAULT: 1) of file's ACL.
       -A acl_file [index]
              add the ACEs from the acl_spec in acl_file to file's ACL.
              ACEs are inserted starting at the indexth position (DEFAULT:
              1) of file's ACL.
       -x acl_spec | index
              delete ACEs matched from acl_spec - or delete the indexth ACE
              - from file's ACL.  Note that the ordering of the ACEs in
              acl_spec does not matter.
       -X acl_file
              delete ACEs matched from the acl_spec in acl_file from file's
              ACL.  Note that the ordering of the ACEs in the acl_spec does
              not matter.
       -s acl_spec
              set file's ACL to acl_spec.
       -S acl_file
              set file's ACL to the acl_spec in acl_file.
       -e, --edit
              edit file's ACL in the editor defined in the EDITOR
              environment variable (DEFAULT: vi(1)) and set the resulting
              ACL upon a clean exit, assuming changes made in the editor
              were saved.  Note that if multiple files are specified, the
              editor will be serially invoked once per file.
       -m from_ace to_ace
              modify file's ACL in-place by replacing from_ace with to_ace.
       -?, -h, --help
              display help text and exit.
       --version
              display this program's version and exit.
       NOTE: if '-' is given as the acl_file with the -A/-X/-S flags, the
       acl_spec will be read from stdin.
   OPTIONS
       -R, --recursive
              recursively apply to a directory's files and subdirectories.
              Similar to setfacl(1), the default behavior is to follow
              symlinks given on the command line and to skip symlinks
              encountered while recursing through directories.
       -L, --logical
              in conjunction with -R/--recursive, a logical walk follows all
              symbolic links.
       -P, --physical
              in conjunction with -R/--recursive, a physical walk skips all
              symbolic links.
       --test
              display results of COMMAND, but do not save changes.

PERMISSIONS ALIASES         top

       With nfs4_setfacl, one can use simple abbreviations ("aliases") to
       express generic "read" (R), generic "write" (W), and generic
       "execute" (X) permissions, familiar from the POSIX mode bits used by,
       e.g., chmod(1).  To use these aliases, one can put them in the
       permissions field of an NFSv4 ACE and nfs4_setfacl will convert them:
       an R is expanded to rntcy, a W is expanded to watTNcCy (with D added
       to directory ACEs), and an X is expanded to xtcy.  Please refer to
       the nfs4_acl(5) manpage for information on specific NFSv4 ACE
       permissions.
       For example, if one wanted to grant generic "read" and "write" access
       on a file, the NFSv4 permissions field would normally contain
       something like rwatTnNcCy.  Instead, one might use aliases to
       accomplish the same goal with RW.
       The two permissions not included in any of the aliases are d (delete)
       and o (write-owner).  However, they can still be used: e.g., a
       permissions field consisting of Wdo expresses generic "write" access
       as well as the ability to delete and change ownership.

EXAMPLES         top

       Assume that the file `foo' has the following NFSv4 ACL for the
       following examples:
              A::OWNER@:rwatTnNcCy
              D::OWNER@:x
              A:g:GROUP@:rtncy
              D:g:GROUP@:waxTC
              A::EVERYONE@:rtncy
              D::EVERYONE@:waxTC
       - add ACE granting `alice@nfsdomain.org' generic "read" and "execute"
         access (defaults to prepending ACE to ACL):
              $ nfs4_setfacl -a A::alice@nfsdomain.org:rxtncy foo
       - add the same ACE as above, but using aliases:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -a A::alice@nfsdomain.org:RX foo
       - edit existing ACL in a text editor and set modified ACL on clean
         save/exit:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -e foo
       - set ACL (overwrites original) to contents of a spec_file named
         `newacl.txt':
              $ nfs4_setfacl -S newacl.txt foo
       - recursively set the ACLs of all files and subdirectories in the
         current directory, skipping all symlinks encountered, to the ACL
         contained in the spec_file named `newacl.txt':
              $ nfs4_setfacl -R -P -S newacl.txt *
       - delete the first ACE, but only print the resulting ACL (does not
         save changes):
              $ nfs4_setfacl --test -x 1 foo
       - delete the last two ACEs above:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -x A::EVERYONE@rtncy,D::EVERYONE@:waxTC foo
       - modify (in-place) the second ACE above:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -m D::OWNER@:x  D::OWNER@:xo foo
       - set ACLs of `bar' and `frobaz' to ACL of `foo':
              $ nfs4_getfacl foo | nfs4_setfacl -S - bar frobaz

AUTHORS         top

       nfs4_setfacl was written by people at CITI, the Center for
       Information Technology Integration (http://www.citi.umich.edu ).  This
       manpage was written by David Richter.

CONTACT         top

       Please send bug reports, feature requests, and comments to
       <nfsv4@linux-nfs.org>.

SEE ALSO         top

       nfs4_getfacl(1), nfs4_acl(5), RFC3530 (NFSv4.0), NFSv4.1 Minor
       Version Draft.

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                    version 0.3.3, August 2008          NFS4_SETFACL(1)

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