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Subject: Re: Plus sign '+' in file permissions
References: <DC6D3A65C35E9A479F4EEDC37B6FD190131B96 AT exmon002 DOT montreal DOT penson DOT com>
From: pjacklam AT online DOT no (Peter J. Acklam)
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:45:47 +0100
In-Reply-To: <DC6D3A65C35E9A479F4EEDC37B6FD190131B96@exmon002.montreal.penson.com> (Derek
 Mahar's message of "Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:07:11 -0500")
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"Derek Mahar" <DMahar AT penson DOT ca> wrote:

> To what does the plus sign '+' refer at the end of the list of
> file permissions in a Cygwin directory listing (for example,
> -rw-rw-rw-+)?  I'm unfamiliar with this permission since I've
> never seen it in either Solaris or Linux directory listings.
> Using bash or Windows Explorer, how do I enable or disable this
> file permission?

The "+" indicates that there is an ACL (Access Control List) entry
associated with the file.  I don't know about Linux, but ACLs are
used on Solaris too.  See the manual pages for "getfacl" and
"setfacl".

Peter

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