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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
              add the ACEs from acl_spec to file's ACL.  ACEs are
              inserted starting at the default position 1 of file's ACL.

       -A acl_file
              add the ACEs from the acl_spec in acl_file to file's ACL.
              ACEs are inserted starting at the default position 1 of
              file's ACL.

       -x acl_spec
              delete ACEs matched from acl_spec 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.

       -i index
              ACEs are inserted or deleted starting at the indexth
              position (DEFAULT: 1) of file's ACL.  It can be used only
              with the add or delete action.

       -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.

       --dacl
              acts on the dacl only. This functionality is only
              available if the server supports NFSv4 minor version 1 or
              newer.

       --sacl
              acts on the sacl only. This functionality is only
              available if the server supports NFSv4 minor version 1 or
              newer.

       --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

       - add the same ACE as above, at index 2:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -i 2 -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 -i 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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