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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.