NAME¶

setcifsacl - Userspace helper to alter an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS)

SYNOPSIS¶

setcifsacl [-v|-a|-D|-M|-S] "{one or more ACEs}" {file system object}

DESCRIPTION¶

This tool is part of the cifs-utils suite.

setcifsacl is a userspace helper program for the Linux CIFS client file system. It is intended to alter an ACL of a security descriptor for a file system object. It is best utilized when an option of cifsacl is specified when mounting a cifs share in conjunction with winbind facility of Samba suite. Whether a security descriptor to be set is applied or not is determined by the CIFS/SMB server.

OPTIONS¶

-h

Every ACE entry starts with "ACL:" One or more ACEs are specified within double quotes. Multiple ACEs are separated by a comma.

Following fields of an ACE can be modified with possible values:

SID: Either a name or a raw SID value.

type: ALLOWED (0x0), DENIED (0x1), OBJECT_ALLOWED (0x5), OBJECT_DENIED (0x6)

flags: OBJECT_INHERIT_FLAG (OI or 0x1), CONTAINER_INHERIT_FLAG (CI or 0x2), NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT_FLAG (NI or 0x4), INHERIT_ONLY_FLAG (IO or 0x8), INHERITED_ACE_FLAG (IA or 0x10) or a combination/OR of these values.

mask: Either one of FULL, CHANGE, READ, a combination of R W X D P O, or a hex value

SEE ALSO¶

mount.cifs(8), winbindd(8), getcifsacl(1)

EXAMPLES¶

Add an ACE
setcifsacl -a "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user2:DENIED/0x1/D" <file_name> setcifsacl -a "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user1:ALLOWED/OI|CI|NI/D" <file_name>

Delete an ACE
setcifsacl -D "ACL:S-1-1-0:0x1/OI/0x1201ff" <file_name>

Modify an ACE
setcifsacl -M "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user1:ALLOWED/0x1f/CHANGE" <file_name>

Set an ACL
setcifsacl -S "ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\Administrator:0x0/0x0/FULL,
ACL:CIFSTESTDOM\user2:0x0/0x0/FULL" <file_name>

AUTHOR¶

Shirish Pargaonkar wrote the setcifsacl program.

The Linux CIFS Mailing list is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs.