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/usr/bin/chacl

access control list utilities

From acl 2.4.0-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running chacl --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/chacl: invalid option -- '-'
Usage:
	chacl acl pathname...
	chacl -b acl dacl pathname...
	chacl -d dacl pathname...
	chacl -R pathname...
	chacl -D pathname...
	chacl -B pathname...
	chacl -l pathname...	[not IRIX compatible]
	chacl -r pathname...	[not IRIX compatible]
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-bIndicates that there are two ACLs to change, the first is the file access ACL and the second the directory default ACL.man
-dUsed to set only the default ACL of a directory.man
-RRemoves the file access ACL only.man
-DRemoves directory default ACL only.man
-BRemove all ACLs.man
-lLists the access ACL and possibly the default ACL associated with the specified files or directories.man
-rSet the access ACL recursively for each subtree rooted at pathname(s).man
Examples (3) from the manual page, untested

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