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getcifsacl

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Userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS)

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SYNOPSIS

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getcifsacl [-v|-r] {file system object}

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DESCRIPTION

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This tool is part of the cifs-utils suite.

getcifsacl is a userspace helper program for the Linux CIFS client

file system. It is intended to display a security descriptor including

ACL for a file system object.

This program uses a plugin to handle the mapping of SIDs to user and

group names.  \ *@pluginpath@*\  should be a symlink that points to the

correct plugin to use.

Fields of an ACE such as SID, type, flags, and mask are displayed

separated by /.  Numeric values of type, flags, and mask are displayed

in hexadecimal format.

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OPTIONS

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\ **-v**\ 

 Print version number and exit.

\ **-r**\ 

 Display a security descriptor in raw mode. Values such as type and

 flags are displayed in hexadecimal format, a SID is not mapped to a

 name.

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NOTES

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Kernel support for getcifsacl/setcifsacl utilities was initially

introduced in the 2.6.37 kernel.

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SEE ALSO

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mount.cifs(8), setcifsacl(1)

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AUTHOR

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Shirish Pargaonkar wrote the getcifsacl program.

The Linux CIFS Mailing list is the preferred place to ask questions

regarding these programs.