Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:12:36 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/162380: Documentation lacking for getfacl/setfacl Message-ID: <201111081912.pA8JCajp081124@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201111081920.pA8JK8m5099436@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 162380 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Documentation lacking for getfacl/setfacl >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 08 19:20:08 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 9.0-RC1 >Organization: n/a >Environment: FreeBSD bayonetta.local 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0: Sat Nov 5 17:19:05 PDT 2011 root@bayonetta.local:/usr/obj/store/freebsd/stable/9/sys/BAYONETTA amd64 >Description: getfacl and setfacl are lacking documentation, s.t. it's hard to interpret ACL output from getfacl and it's hard to interpret what inputs need to be provided to setfacl in order to get the desired results in terms of permissions, etc. Basically, it would be nice if acl(3) said what the print outs meant, and getfacl(1) and setfacl(1) referenced acl(3) so that everything could be tied together appropriately and people could better understand what the utilities do. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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