From bac44ad2186f60518f547cda182bdea5908e969c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Tomasz Napierala Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:12:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve description of the "-m" option to setfacl(1). Submitted by: scottl MFC after: 1 week --- bin/setfacl/setfacl.1 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1 b/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1 index 48878c4901d3..c2173d30d296 100644 --- a/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1 +++ b/bin/setfacl/setfacl.1 @@ -91,15 +91,16 @@ An error will be reported if any of the specified files cannot have a default entry (i.e.\& non-directories). This option is not applicable to NFSv4 ACLs. .It Fl m Ar entries -Modify the ACL entries on the specified files by adding new -entries and modifying existing ACL entries with the ACL entries -specified in -.Ar entries . +Modify the ACL on the specified file. +New entries will be added, and existing entries will be modified +according to the +.Ar entries +argument. For NFSv4 ACLs, it is recommended to use the .Fl a and .Fl x -instead. +options instead. .It Fl M Ar file Modify the ACL entries on the specified files by adding new ACL entries and modifying existing ACL entries with the ACL