The following example shows all the ACL entries for the ch1.doc file. The #effective: note beside the user and group entries indicates what the permissions are after being modified by the ACL mask.
$ getfacl ch1.doc # file: ch1.doc # owner: nathan # group: sysadmin user::rw- user:george:r-- #effective:r-- group::rw- #effective:rw- mask:rw- other:--- |
The following example shows the default ACL entries for the book directory.
$ getfacl -d book # file: book # owner: nathan # group: sysadmin user::rwx user:george:r-x #effective:r-x group::rwx #effective:rwx mask:rwx other:--- default:user::rw- default:user:george:r-- default:group::rw- default:mask:rw- default:other:--- |