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Add a directory output where ACL use is shown. Document how to tell when

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ACLs are being used.

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Tom Rhodes 2002-12-30 22:39:44 +00:00
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<para>How Unix file permissions work.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Understand what file system ACLs are and how to use them.
<para>Understand what file system <acronym>ACLs</acronym> are and how to use them.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>What processes, daemons, and signals are.</para>
@ -284,6 +284,20 @@
users of the system, and re-enabling <acronym>ACLs</acronym> may re-attach the previous
<acronym>ACLs</acronym> to files that have since had their permissions changed,
resulting in other unpredictable behavior.</para></note>
<para>File systems with <acronym>ACLs</acronym> enabled will show a <literal>+</literal>
(plus) sign in their permission settings when viewed. For example:</para>
<programlisting>drwx------ 2 robert robert 512 Dec 27 11:54 private
drwxrwx---+ 2 robert robert 512 Dec 23 10:57 directory1
drwxrwx---+ 2 robert robert 512 Dec 22 10:20 directory2
drwxrwx---+ 2 robert robert 512 Dec 27 11:57 directory3
drwxr-xr-x 2 robert robert 512 Nov 10 11:54 public_html</programlisting>
<para>Here we see that the <filename>directory1</filename>,
<filename>directory2</filename>, and <filename>directory3</filename>
directories are all taking advantage of <acronym>ACLs</acronym>. The
<filename>public_html</filename> directory is not.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="dirstructure">
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<quote>/</quote>. This directory is the first one mounted at
boot time and it contains the base system necessary to prepare
the operating system for multi-user operation. The root
directory also contains mount points for every other filesystem
directory also contains mount points for every other file system
that you may want to mount.</para>
<para>A mount point is a directory where additional filesystems can