Resolves: #1337039 - setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms

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Kamil Dudka 2016-05-19 13:12:15 +02:00
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From ecee95a94420d6b0336d4caec6bc66b53442367b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 10:28:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms
[agruen: Description further clarified.]
Upstream-commit: ea3c6bb711e76d91759f8bf5475e1900362a3142
Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
---
man/man1/setfacl.1 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man1/setfacl.1 b/man/man1/setfacl.1
index 0c7c046..e092e51 100644
--- a/man/man1/setfacl.1
+++ b/man/man1/setfacl.1
@@ -194,18 +194,32 @@ you can specify either a name or a number.
.PP
The
.I perms
-field is a combination of characters that indicate the permissions: read
+field is a combination of characters that indicate the read
.IR (r) ,
write
.IR (w) ,
execute
-.IR (x) ,
-execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission
-for some user
-.IR (X) .
-Alternatively, the
+.IR (x)
+permissions. Dash characters in the
.I perms
-field can be an octal digit (0\-7).
+field
+.IR (\-)
+are ignored. The character
+.I X
+stands for the execute permission if the file is a directory or already has
+execute permission for some user. Alternatively, the
+.I perms
+field can define the permissions numerically, as a bit-wise combination of read
+.IR (4) ,
+write
+.IR (2) ,
+and execute
+.IR (1) .
+Zero
+.I perms
+fields or
+.I perms
+fields that only consist of dashes indicate no permissions.
.PP
.SS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED ENTRIES
Initially, files and directories contain only the three base ACL entries
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2.5.5

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@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Patch4: 0004-acl-2.2.52-libdir.patch
# fix SIGSEGV of getfacl -e on overly long group name # fix SIGSEGV of getfacl -e on overly long group name
Patch5: 0005-acl-2.2.52-getfacl-segv.patch Patch5: 0005-acl-2.2.52-getfacl-segv.patch
# setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms (#1337039)
Patch6: acl-2.2.52-setfacl-man-page.patch
License: GPLv2+ License: GPLv2+
URL: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/acl URL: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/acl
@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/%{name}*
%changelog %changelog
* Thu May 18 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 2.2.52-15 * Thu May 18 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 2.2.52-15
- setfacl.1: document the meaning of '-' in perms (#1337039)
- avoid failure of %%check when building as root (#1085389) - avoid failure of %%check when building as root (#1085389)
- apply patches automatically to ease maintenance - apply patches automatically to ease maintenance