CDIST-TYPE__ACL(7) cdist CDIST-TYPE__ACL(7)

cdist-type__acl - Set ACL entries

Fully supported and tested on Linux (ext4 filesystem), partial support for FreeBSD.

See setfacl and acl manpages for more details.

One of --entry or --source must be used.

Set ACL entry following getfacl output syntax. Must be used if --source is not used.

Read ACL entries from stdin or file. Ordering of entries is not important. When reading from file, comments and empty lines are ignored. Must be used if --entry is not used.
Create/change file with __file using user:group:mode pattern.
Create/change directory with __directory using user:group:mode pattern.

Set all ACL entries as default too. Only directories can have default ACLs. Setting default ACL in FreeBSD is currently not supported.
Make setfacl recursive (Linux only), but not getfacl in explorer.
Remove undefined ACL entries. mask and other entries can't be removed, but only changed.

__acl /srv/project \
    --default \
    --recursive \
    --remove \
    --entry user:alice:rwx \
    --entry user:bob:r-x \
    --entry group:project-group:rwx \
    --entry group:some-other-group:r-x \
    --entry mask::r-x \
    --entry other::r-x
# give Alice read-only access to subdir,
# but don't allow her to see parent content.
__acl /srv/project2 \
    --remove \
    --entry default:group:secret-project:rwx \
    --entry group:secret-project:rwx \
    --entry user:alice:--x
__acl /srv/project2/subdir \
    --default \
    --remove \
    --entry group:secret-project:rwx \
    --entry user:alice:r-x
# read acl from stdin
echo 'user:alice:rwx' \
    | __acl /path/to/directory --source -
# create/change directory too
__acl /path/to/directory \
    --default \
    --remove \
    --directory root:root:770 \
    --entry user:nobody:rwx


Ander Punnar <ander-at-kvlt-dot-ee>

Copyright (C) 2018 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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September 26, 2023 7.0.0