From 1d3077cf7690317161b9c3e183d54fb8107a80d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nikola=20Forr=C3=B3?= Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:44:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 17/17] setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms --- acl/man1/setfacl.1 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/acl/man1/setfacl.1 b/acl/man1/setfacl.1 index 0c7c046..e092e51 100644 --- a/acl/man1/setfacl.1 +++ b/acl/man1/setfacl.1 @@ -194,18 +194,32 @@ you can specify either a name or a number. .PP The .I perms -field is a combination of characters that indicate the permissions: read +field is a combination of characters that indicate the read .IR (r) , write .IR (w) , execute -.IR (x) , -execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission -for some user -.IR (X) . -Alternatively, the +.IR (x) +permissions. Dash characters in the .I perms -field can be an octal digit (0\-7). +field +.IR (\-) +are ignored. The character +.I X +stands for the execute permission if the file is a directory or already has +execute permission for some user. Alternatively, the +.I perms +field can define the permissions numerically, as a bit-wise combination of read +.IR (4) , +write +.IR (2) , +and execute +.IR (1) . +Zero +.I perms +fields or +.I perms +fields that only consist of dashes indicate no permissions. .PP .SS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED ENTRIES Initially, files and directories contain only the three base ACL entries -- 2.7.4