Access Control ListEdit
Linux
- Example of ACLs in action on Linux: "Git repository access control"
Mac OS X
To show existing ACLs on an entity, e.g foo:
$ ls -le foo
To add an item to the ACL for foo:
$ chmod +a 'username:allow read,write' foo
For a full list of possible perimissions, see the Mac OS X chmod man page.
For a concerete example of setting up ACLs on Mac OS X, see "Installing nginx 0.8.54 on Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard".
Links
- Review of ACL functionality introduced in Mac OS X Tiger: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2005/04/macosx-10-4.ars/8
- Nice walkthrough of using ACLs on Mac OS X: http://aplawrence.com/MacOSX/acl.html