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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.