# getfacl

## 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 comment 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 separates
           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 setfacl.
    
       **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, setgid,
           and sticky bits are generated.
    


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