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28.Dd September 4, 2015
29.Dt ACL 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm acl
33.Nd virtual file system access control lists
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/vnode.h
37.In sys/acl.h
38.Pp
39In the kernel configuration file:
40.Cd "options UFS_ACL"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Access control lists, or ACLs,
43allow fine-grained specification of rights
44for vnodes representing files and directories.
45However, as there are a plethora of file systems with differing ACL semantics,
46the vnode interface is aware only of the syntax of ACLs,
47relying on the underlying file system to implement the details.
48Depending on the underlying file system, each file or directory
49may have zero or more ACLs associated with it, named using the
50.Fa type
51field of the appropriate vnode ACL calls:
52.Xr VOP_ACLCHECK 9 ,
53.Xr VOP_GETACL 9 ,
54and
55.Xr VOP_SETACL 9 .
56.Pp
57Currently, each ACL is represented in-kernel by a fixed-size
58.Vt acl
59structure, defined as follows:
60.Bd -literal -offset indent
61struct acl {
62        unsigned int            acl_maxcnt;
63        unsigned int            acl_cnt;
64        int                     acl_spare[4];
65        struct acl_entry        acl_entry[ACL_MAX_ENTRIES];
66};
67.Ed
68.Pp
69An ACL is constructed from a fixed size array of ACL entries,
70each of which consists of a set of permissions, principal namespace,
71and principal identifier.
72In this implementation, the
73.Vt acl_maxcnt
74field is always set to
75.Dv ACL_MAX_ENTRIES .
76.Pp
77Each individual ACL entry is of the type
78.Vt acl_entry_t ,
79which is a structure with the following members:
80.Bl -tag -width 2n
81.It Vt acl_tag_t Va ae_tag
82The following is a list of definitions of ACL types
83to be set in
84.Va ae_tag :
85.Pp
86.Bl -tag -width ".Dv ACL_UNDEFINED_FIELD" -offset indent -compact
87.It Dv ACL_UNDEFINED_FIELD
88Undefined ACL type.
89.It Dv ACL_USER_OBJ
90Discretionary access rights for processes whose effective user ID
91matches the user ID of the file's owner.
92.It Dv ACL_USER
93Discretionary access rights for processes whose effective user ID
94matches the ACL entry qualifier.
95.It Dv ACL_GROUP_OBJ
96Discretionary access rights for processes whose effective group ID
97or any supplemental groups
98match the group ID of the file's owner.
99.It Dv ACL_GROUP
100Discretionary access rights for processes whose effective group ID
101or any supplemental groups
102match the ACL entry qualifier.
103.It Dv ACL_MASK
104The maximum discretionary access rights that can be granted
105to a process in the file group class.
106This is only valid for POSIX.1e ACLs.
107.It Dv ACL_OTHER
108Discretionary access rights for processes not covered by any other ACL
109entry.
110This is only valid for POSIX.1e ACLs.
111.It Dv ACL_OTHER_OBJ
112Same as
113.Dv ACL_OTHER .
114.It Dv ACL_EVERYONE
115Discretionary access rights for all users.
116This is only valid for NFSv4 ACLs.
117.El
118.Pp
119Each POSIX.1e ACL must contain exactly one
120.Dv ACL_USER_OBJ ,
121one
122.Dv ACL_GROUP_OBJ ,
123and one
124.Dv ACL_OTHER .
125If any of
126.Dv ACL_USER ,
127.Dv ACL_GROUP ,
128or
129.Dv ACL_OTHER
130are present, then exactly one
131.Dv ACL_MASK
132entry should be present.
133.It Vt uid_t Va ae_id
134The ID of user for whom this ACL describes access permissions.
135For entries other than
136.Dv ACL_USER
137and
138.Dv ACL_GROUP ,
139this field should be set to
140.Dv ACL_UNDEFINED_ID .
141.It Vt acl_perm_t Va ae_perm
142This field defines what kind of access the process matching this ACL has
143for accessing the associated file.
144For POSIX.1e ACLs, the following are valid:
145.Bl -tag -width ".Dv ACL_WRITE_NAMED_ATTRS"
146.It Dv ACL_EXECUTE
147The process may execute the associated file.
148.It Dv ACL_WRITE
149The process may write to the associated file.
150.It Dv ACL_READ
151The process may read from the associated file.
152.It Dv ACL_PERM_NONE
153The process has no read, write or execute permissions
154to the associated file.
155.El
156.Pp
157For NFSv4 ACLs, the following are valid:
158.Bl -tag -width ".Dv ACL_WRITE_NAMED_ATTRS"
159.It Dv ACL_READ_DATA
160The process may read from the associated file.
161.It Dv ACL_LIST_DIRECTORY
162Same as
163.Dv ACL_READ_DATA .
164.It Dv ACL_WRITE_DATA
165The process may write to the associated file.
166.It Dv ACL_ADD_FILE
167Same as
168.Dv ACL_ACL_WRITE_DATA .
169.It Dv ACL_APPEND_DATA
170.It Dv ACL_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY
171Same as
172.Dv ACL_APPEND_DATA .
173.It Dv ACL_READ_NAMED_ATTRS
174Ignored.
175.It Dv ACL_WRITE_NAMED_ATTRS
176Ignored.
177.It Dv ACL_EXECUTE
178The process may execute the associated file.
179.It Dv ACL_DELETE_CHILD
180.It Dv ACL_READ_ATTRIBUTES
181.It Dv ACL_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES
182.It Dv ACL_DELETE
183.It Dv ACL_READ_ACL
184.It Dv ACL_WRITE_ACL
185.It Dv ACL_WRITE_OWNER
186.It Dv ACL_SYNCHRONIZE
187Ignored.
188.El
189.It Vt acl_entry_type_t Va ae_entry_type
190This field defines the type of NFSv4 ACL entry.
191It is not used with POSIX.1e ACLs.
192The following values are valid:
193.Bl -tag -width ".Dv ACL_WRITE_NAMED_ATTRS"
194.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_TYPE_ALLOW
195.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_TYPE_DENY
196.El
197.It Vt acl_flag_t Va ae_flags
198This field defines the inheritance flags of NFSv4 ACL entry.
199It is not used with POSIX.1e ACLs.
200The following values are valid:
201.Bl -tag -width ".Dv ACL_ENTRY_DIRECTORY_INHERIT"
202.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_FILE_INHERIT
203.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_DIRECTORY_INHERIT
204.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT
205.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_INHERIT_ONLY
206.It Dv ACL_ENTRY_INHERITED
207.El
208The
209.Dv ACL_ENTRY_INHERITED
210flag is set on an ACE that has been inherited from its parent.
211It may also be set programmatically, and is valid on both files
212and directories.
213.El
214.Sh SEE ALSO
215.Xr acl 3 ,
216.Xr vaccess 9 ,
217.Xr vaccess_acl_nfs4 9 ,
218.Xr vaccess_acl_posix1e 9 ,
219.Xr VFS 9 ,
220.Xr VOP_ACLCHECK 9 ,
221.Xr VOP_GETACL 9 ,
222.Xr VOP_SETACL 9
223.Sh AUTHORS
224This manual page was written by
225.An Robert Watson .
226