Examples--Adding or Modifying ACL Entries on a File

The following example adds read/write permissions for the user george on the ch3.doc file.

$ setfacl -m user:george:6 ch3.doc
getfacl ch3.doc
# file: ch3.doc
# owner: george
# group: staff
user::rw-				
user::george:rw-				#effective:rw-
group::r-						#effective:r--
mask:r--
other:r--

The following example adds default ACL entries for the book directory, which already has a default entry specified for the owner of the directory, for the group owner of the directory, and for others. The users in the staff group are given read permissions and the required default mask is set to read/write.

$ setfacl -m default:group:staff:4,default:mask:6 book
getfacl book