getfacl [-dRLPvh] file ...

getfacl [-dRLPvh] -

If getfacl is used on a file system that does not support ACLs, getfacl displays the access permissions defined by the traditional file mode permission bits.

The output format of getfacl is as follows:

 1:  # file: somedir/
 2:  # owner: lisa
 3:  # group: staff
 4:  user::rwx
 5:  user:joe:rwx               #effective:r-x
 6:  group::rwx                 #effective:r-x
 7:  group:cool:r-x
 8:  mask:r-x
 9:  other:r-x
10:  default:user::rwx
11:  default:user:joe:rwx       #effective:r-x
12:  default:group::r-x
13:  default:mask:r-x
14:  default:other:---

Lines 4, 6 and 9 correspond to the user, group and other fields of the file mode permission bits. These three are called the base ACL entries. Lines 5 and 7 are named user and named group entries. Line 8 is the effective rights mask. This entry limits the effective rights granted to all groups and to named users. (The file owner and others permissions are not affected by the effective rights mask; all other entries are.) Lines 10--14 display the default ACL associated with this directory. Directories may have a default ACL. Regular files never have a default ACL.

The default behavior for getfacl is to display both the ACL and the default ACL, and to include an effective rights comment for lines where the rights of the entry differ from the effective rights.

If output is to a terminal, the effective rights comment is aligned to column 40. Otherwise, a single tab character separates the ACL entry and the effective rights comment.

The ACL listings of multiple files are separated by blank lines. The output of getfacl can also be used as input to setfacl.

--access

Display the file access control list.

-d, --default

Display the default access control list.

--omit-header

Do not display the comment header (the first three lines of each file's output).

--all-effective

Print all effective rights comments, even if identical to the rights defined by the ACL entry.

--no-effective

Do not print effective rights comments.

--skip-base

Skip files that only have the base ACL entries (owner, group, others).

-R, --recursive

List the ACLs of all files and directories recursively.

-L, --logical

Logical walk, follow symbolic links. The default behavior is to follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links encountered in subdirectories.

-P, --physical

Physical walk, skip all symbolic links. This also skips symbolic link arguments.

--tabular

Use an alternative tabular output format. The ACL and the default ACL are displayed side by side. Permissions that are ineffective due to the ACL mask entry are displayed capitalized. The entry tag names for the ACL_USER_OBJ and ACL_GROUP_OBJ entries are also displayed in capital letters, which helps in spotting those entries.

--absolute-names

Do not strip leading slash characters (`/'). The default behavior is to strip leading slash characters.

--version

Print the version of getfacl and exit.

--help

Print help explaining the command line options.

--

End of command line options. All remaining parameters are interpreted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.

-

If the file name parameter is a single dash character, getfacl reads a list of files from standard input.