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.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Robert N. M. Watson
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 28, 2000
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.Dt ACL 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm acl
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.Nd introduction to the POSIX.1e ACL security API
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In sys/acl.h
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fx
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permits file systems to export Access Control Lists via the VFS, and
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provides a library for userland access to and manipulation of these ACLs.
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Not all file systems provide support for ACLs, and some may require that
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ACL support be explicitely enabled by the administrator.
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The library calls include routines to allocate, duplicate, retrieve, set,
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and validate ACLs associated with file objects.
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As well as the POSIX.1e routines, there are a number of non-portable
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extensions defined that allow for alternative ACL semantics than the
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POSIX.1e semantics, such as AFS, NTFS, Coda, and NWFS semantics.
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Where routines are non-standard, they are suffixed with _np to indicate that
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they are not portable.
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.Pp
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POSIX.1e describes a set of ACL manipulation routines to manage the
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contents of ACLs, as well as their relationships with files; almost
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all of these support routines are implemented in
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.Fx .
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.Pp
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Available functions, sorted by behavior, include:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fn acl_add_perm
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_add_perm 3 ,
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and may be used to add permissions to a permission set.
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.It Fn acl_calc_mask
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_calc_mask 3 ,
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and may be used to calculate and set the permissions associated with
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the
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.Dv ACL_MASK
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entry.
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.It Fn acl_clear_perms
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_clear_perms 3 ,
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and may be used to clear all permissions from a permission set.
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.It Fn acl_copy_entry
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_copy_entry 3 ,
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and may be used to copy the contents of an ACL entry.
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.It Fn acl_create_entry
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_create_entry 3 ,
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and may be used to create an empty entry in an ACL.
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.It Xo
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.Fn acl_delete_def_file ,
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.Fn acl_delete_file_np ,
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.Fn acl_delete_fd_np
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.Xc
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These functions are described in
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.Xr acl_delete 3 ,
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and may be used to delete ACLs from file system objects.
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.It Fn acl_delete_entry
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_delete_entry 3 ,
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and may be used to delete an entry from an ACL.
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.It Fn acl_delete_perm
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_delete_perm 3 ,
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and may be used to delete permissions from a permset.
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.It Fn acl_dup
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_dup 3 ,
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and may be used to duplicate an ACL structure.
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.It Fn acl_free
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_free 3 ,
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and may be used to free userland working ACL storage.
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.It Fn acl_from_text
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_from_text 3 ,
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and may be used to convert a text-form ACL into working ACL state, if
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the ACL has POSIX.1e semantics.
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.It Fn acl_get_entry
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_get_entry 3 ,
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and may be used to retrieve a designated ACL entry from an ACL.
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.It Xo
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.Fn acl_get_file ,
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.Fn acl_get_fd ,
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.Fn acl_get_fd_np
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.Xc
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These functions are described in
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.Xr acl_get 3 ,
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and may be used to retrieve ACLs from file system objects.
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.It Fn acl_get_permset
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_get_permset 3 ,
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and may be used to retrieve a permset from an ACL entry.
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.It Fn acl_get_qualifier
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_get_qualifier 3 ,
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and may be used to retrieve the qualifier from an ACL entry.
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.It Fn acl_get_tag_type
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_get_tag_type 3 ,
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and may be used to retrieve the tag type from an ACL entry.
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.It Fn acl_init
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_init 3 ,
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and may be used to allocate a fresh (empty) ACL structure.
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.It Xo
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.Fn acl_set_file ,
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.Fn acl_set_fd ,
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.Fn acl_set_fd_np
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.Xc
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These functions are described in
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.Xr acl_set 3 ,
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and may be used to assign an ACL to a file system object.
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.It Fn acl_set_permset
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_set_permset 3 ,
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and may be used to set the permissions of an ACL entry from a permset.
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.It Fn acl_set_qualifier
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_set_qualifier 3 ,
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and may be used to set the qualifier of an ACL.
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.It Fn acl_set_tag_type
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_set_tag_type 3 ,
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and may be used to set the tag type of an ACL.
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.It Fn acl_to_text
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This function is described in
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.Xr acl_to_text 3 ,
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and may be used to generate a text-form of a POSIX.1e semantics ACL.
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.It Xo
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.Fn acl_valid ,
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.Fn acl_valid_file_np ,
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.Fn acl_valid_fd_np
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.Xc
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These functions are described in
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.Xr acl_valid 3 ,
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and may be used to validate an ACL as correct POSIX.1e-semantics, or
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as appropriate for a particular file system object regardless of semantics.
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.El
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.Pp
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Documentation of the internal kernel interfaces backing these calls may
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be found in
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.Xr acl 9 .
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The syscalls between the internal interfaces and the public library
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routines may change over time, and as such are not documented.
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They are not intended to be called directly without going through the
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library.
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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.Fx Ns 's
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support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under
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development at this time.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr acl_add_perm 3 ,
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.Xr acl_calc_mask 3 ,
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.Xr acl_clear_perms 3 ,
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.Xr acl_copy_entry 3 ,
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.Xr acl_create_entry 3 ,
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.Xr acl_delete_entry 3 ,
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.Xr acl_delete_perm 3 ,
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.Xr acl_dup 3 ,
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.Xr acl_free 3 ,
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.Xr acl_from_text 3 ,
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.Xr acl_get 3 ,
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.Xr acl_get_permset 3 ,
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.Xr acl_get_qualifier 3 ,
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.Xr acl_get_tag_type 3 ,
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.Xr acl_init 3 ,
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.Xr acl_set 3 ,
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.Xr acl_set_permset 3 ,
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.Xr acl_set_qualifier 3 ,
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.Xr acl_set_tag_type 3 ,
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.Xr acl_to_text 3 ,
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.Xr acl_valid 3 ,
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.Xr posix1e 3 ,
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.Xr acl 9
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.Sh STANDARDS
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POSIX.1e assigns security labels to all objects, extending the security
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functionality described in POSIX.1.
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These additional labels provide fine-grained discretionary access control,
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fine-grained capabilities, and labels necessary for mandatory access
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control.
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POSIX.2c describes a set of userland utilities for manipulating these
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labels.
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.Pp
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POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
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Discussion of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e
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implementation mailing list.
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To join this list, see the
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.Fx
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POSIX.1e implementation page for more information.
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.Sh HISTORY
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POSIX.1e support was introduced in
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.Fx 4.0 ;
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.Fx 5.0
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was the first version to include a complete ACL implementation based
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on extended attributes.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Robert N M Watson
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