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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man1/setfacl.1 | 28 |
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diff --git a/man/man1/setfacl.1 b/man/man1/setfacl.1 index 3d06031..c4fe1f2 100644 --- a/man/man1/setfacl.1 +++ b/man/man1/setfacl.1 @@ -200,18 +200,32 @@ backslash must be escaped (i.e., .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 |