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From ecee95a94420d6b0336d4caec6bc66b53442367b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 10:28:13 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms
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[agruen: Description further clarified.]
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Upstream-commit: ea3c6bb711e76d91759f8bf5475e1900362a3142
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Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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---
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 man/man1/setfacl.1 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
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 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/man1/setfacl.1 b/man/man1/setfacl.1
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index 0c7c046..e092e51 100644
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--- a/man/man1/setfacl.1
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+++ b/man/man1/setfacl.1
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@@ -194,18 +194,32 @@ you can specify either a name or a number.
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 .PP
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 The
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 .I perms
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-field is a combination of characters that indicate the permissions: read
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+field is a combination of characters that indicate the read
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 .IR (r) ,
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 write
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 .IR (w) ,
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 execute
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-.IR (x) ,
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-execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission
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-for some user
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-.IR (X) .
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-Alternatively, the
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+.IR (x)
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+permissions.  Dash characters in the
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 .I perms
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-field can be an octal digit (0\-7).
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+field
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+.IR (\-)
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+are ignored.  The character
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+.I X
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+stands for the execute permission if the file is a directory or already has
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+execute permission for some user.  Alternatively, the
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+.I perms
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+field can define the permissions numerically, as a bit-wise combination of read
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+.IR (4) ,
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+write
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+.IR (2) ,
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+and execute
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+.IR (1) .
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+Zero
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+.I perms
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+fields or
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+.I perms
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+fields that only consist of dashes indicate no permissions.
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 .PP
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 .SS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED ENTRIES
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 Initially, files and directories contain only the three base ACL entries
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-- 
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2.5.5
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