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setcifsacl
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Userspace helper to alter an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS)
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SYNOPSIS
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  setcifsacl [-v|-a|-D|-M|-S] "{one or more ACEs}" {file system object}

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DESCRIPTION
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This tool is part of the cifs-utils suite.

``setcifsacl`` is a userspace helper program for the Linux CIFS client
file system. It is intended to alter an ACL of a security descriptor
for a file system object. Whether a security descriptor to be set is
applied or not is determined by the CIFS/SMB server.

This program uses a plugin to handle the mapping of user and group
names to SIDs. *@pluginpath@* should be a symlink that points to the
correct plugin to use.

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OPTIONS
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-h
  Print usage message and exit.

-v
  Print version number and exit.

-a
  Add one or more ACEs to an ACL of a security descriptor.  An ACE is
  added even if the same ACE exists in the ACL.

-D
 Delete one or more ACEs from an ACL of a security descriptor.  Entire
 ACE has to match in an existing ACL for the listed ACEs to be deleted.

-M
  Modify one or more ACEs from an ACL of a security descriptor.  SID and
  type are used to match for existing ACEs to be modified with the list
  of ACEs specified.

-S
  Set an ACL of security descriptor with the list of ACEs Existing ACL
  is replaced entirely with the specified ACEs.

  Every ACE entry starts with "ACL:" One or more ACEs are specified
  within double quotes.  Multiple ACEs are separated by a comma.

  Following fields of an ACE can be modified with possible values:

  - ``SID`` - Either a name or a raw SID value.
  - ``type`` - ALLOWED (0x0), DENIED (0x1), OBJECT_ALLOWED (0x5), OBJECT_DENIED (0x6)
  - ``flags`` - OBJECT_INHERIT_FLAG (OI or 0x1),
    CONTAINER_INHERIT_FLAG (CI or 0x2), NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT_FLAG (NI
    or 0x4), INHERIT_ONLY_FLAG (IO or 0x8), INHERITED_ACE_FLAG (IA or
    0x10) or a combination/OR of these values.
  - ``mask``  - Either one of FULL, CHANGE, READ, a combination of R W X D P O, or a hex value.

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EXAMPLES
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Add an ACE
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  setcifsacl -a "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user2:DENIED/0x1/D" <file_name>
  setcifsacl -a "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user1:ALLOWED/OI|CI|NI/D" <file_name>

Delete an ACE
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  setcifsacl -D "ACL:S-1-1-0:0x1/OI/0x1201ff" <file_name>

Modify an ACE
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  setcifsacl -M "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user1:ALLOWED/0x1f/CHANGE" <file_name>

Set an ACL
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  setcifsacl -S "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\Administrator:0x0/0x0/FULL,ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user2:0x0/0x0/FULL" <file_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), getcifsacl(1)

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AUTHOR
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Shirish Pargaonkar wrote the setcifsacl program.

The Linux CIFS Mailing list is the preferred place to ask questions
regarding these programs.