NAME

       nfs4_setfacl, nfs4_editfacl - manipulate NFSv4 file/directory access control lists

SYNOPSIS

       nfs4_setfacl [OPTIONS] COMMAND file...
       nfs4_editfacl [OPTIONS] file...

DESCRIPTION

       nfs4_setfacl  manipulates  the  NFSv4  Access  Control List (ACL) of one or more files (or
       directories), provided they are on a mounted NFSv4 filesystem which supports ACLs.

       nfs4_editfacl is equivalent to nfs4_setfacl -e.

       Refer to the nfs4_acl(5) manpage for information about NFSv4 ACL terminology and syntax.

   COMMANDS
       -a acl_spec [index]
              add the ACEs from acl_spec to file's  ACL.   ACEs  are  inserted  starting  at  the
              indexth position (DEFAULT: 1) of file's ACL.

       -A acl_file [index]
              add  the  ACEs  from  the  acl_spec  in  acl_file to file's ACL.  ACEs are inserted
              starting at the indexth position (DEFAULT: 1) of file's ACL.

       -x acl_spec | index
              delete ACEs matched from acl_spec - or delete the indexth ACE -  from  file's  ACL.
              Note that the ordering of the ACEs in acl_spec does not matter.

       -X acl_file
              delete  ACEs  matched from the acl_spec in acl_file from file's ACL.  Note that the
              ordering of the ACEs in the acl_spec does not matter.

       -s acl_spec
              set file's ACL to acl_spec.

       -S acl_file
              set file's ACL to the acl_spec in acl_file.

       -e, --edit
              edit file's ACL in the editor defined in the EDITOR environment variable  (DEFAULT:
              vi(1))  and  set  the resulting ACL upon a clean exit, assuming changes made in the
              editor were saved.  Note that if multiple files are specified, the editor  will  be
              serially invoked once per file.

       -m from_ace to_ace
              modify file's ACL in-place by replacing from_ace with to_ace.

       -?, -h, --help
              display help text and exit.

       --version
              display this program's version and exit.

       NOTE:  if  '-' is given as the acl_file with the -A/-X/-S flags, the acl_spec will be read
       from stdin.

   OPTIONS
       -R, --recursive
              recursively  apply  to  a  directory's  files  and  subdirectories.    Similar   to
              setfacl(1),  the  default  behavior is to follow symlinks given on the command line
              and to skip symlinks encountered while recursing through directories.

       -L, --logical
              in conjunction with -R/--recursive, a logical walk follows all symbolic links.

       -P, --physical
              in conjunction with -R/--recursive, a physical walk skips all symbolic links.

       --test
              display results of COMMAND, but do not save changes.

PERMISSIONS ALIASES

       With nfs4_setfacl, one can use simple abbreviations ("aliases") to express generic  "read"
       (R),  generic  "write" (W), and generic "execute" (X) permissions, familiar from the POSIX
       mode bits used by, e.g., chmod(1).  To  use  these  aliases,  one  can  put  them  in  the
       permissions  field of an NFSv4 ACE and nfs4_setfacl will convert them: an R is expanded to
       rntcy, a W is expanded to watTNcCy (with D added to directory ACEs), and an X is  expanded
       to  xtcy.   Please  refer to the nfs4_acl(5) manpage for information on specific NFSv4 ACE
       permissions.

       For example, if one wanted to grant generic "read" and "write" access on a file, the NFSv4
       permissions  field  would  normally contain something like rwatTnNcCy.  Instead, one might
       use aliases to accomplish the same goal with RW.

       The two permissions not included in any of the aliases are d (delete) and o (write-owner).
       However,  they  can  still  be used: e.g., a permissions field consisting of Wdo expresses
       generic "write" access as well as the ability to delete and change ownership.

EXAMPLES

       Assume that the file `foo' has the following NFSv4 ACL for the following examples:

              A::OWNER@:rwatTnNcCy
              D::OWNER@:x
              A:g:GROUP@:rtncy
              D:g:GROUP@:waxTC
              A::EVERYONE@:rtncy
              D::EVERYONE@:waxTC

       - add ACE granting `alice@nfsdomain.org' generic "read" and "execute" access (defaults  to
         prepending ACE to ACL):
              $ nfs4_setfacl -a A::alice@nfsdomain.org:rxtncy foo

       - add the same ACE as above, but using aliases:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -a A::alice@nfsdomain.org:RX foo

       - edit existing ACL in a text editor and set modified ACL on clean save/exit:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -e foo

       - set ACL (overwrites original) to contents of a spec_file named `newacl.txt':
              $ nfs4_setfacl -S newacl.txt foo

       - recursively  set  the  ACLs  of  all  files and subdirectories in the current directory,
         skipping all  symlinks  encountered,  to  the  ACL  contained  in  the  spec_file  named
         `newacl.txt':
              $ nfs4_setfacl -R -P -S newacl.txt *

       - delete the first ACE, but only print the resulting ACL (does not save changes):
              $ nfs4_setfacl --test -x 1 foo

       - delete the last two ACEs above:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -x A::EVERYONE@rtncy,D::EVERYONE@:waxTC foo

       - modify (in-place) the second ACE above:
              $ nfs4_setfacl -m D::OWNER@:x  D::OWNER@:xo foo

       - set ACLs of `bar' and `frobaz' to ACL of `foo':
              $ nfs4_getfacl foo | nfs4_setfacl -S - bar frobaz

AUTHORS

       nfs4_setfacl  was  written  by  people  at  CITI,  the  Center  for Information Technology
       Integration (http://www.citi.umich.edu).  This manpage was written by David Richter.

CONTACT

       Please send bug reports, feature requests, and comments to <nfsv4@linux-nfs.org>.

SEE ALSO

       nfs4_getfacl(1), nfs4_acl(5), RFC3530 (NFSv4.0), NFSv4.1 Minor Version Draft.