GETFACL(1)                                            Access Control Lists                                            GETFACL(1)



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, getfacl 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 com-
       ment 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 sepa-
       rates 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 set-
       facl.


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

AUTHOR
       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacherATbestbits.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)