fs_cleanacl - Remove obsolete entries from an ACL
fs cleanacl [
-path <
dir/file path>+]
[
-help]
fs cl [
-p <
dir/file path>+] [
-h]
The
fs cleanacl command removes from the access control list (ACL) of
each specified directory or file any entry that refers to a user or group that
no longer has a Protection Database entry. Such an entry appears on the ACL as
an AFS user ID number (UID) rather than a name, because without a Protection
Database entry, the File Server cannot translate the UID into a name.
Cleaning access control lists in this way not only keeps them from becoming
crowded with irrelevant information, but also prevents the new possessor of a
recycled AFS UID from obtaining access intended for the former possessor of
the AFS UID. (Note that recycling UIDs is not recommended in any case.)
-
-path <dir/file path>+
- Names each directory for which to clean the ACL (specifying
a filename cleans its directory's ACL). If this argument is omitted, the
current working directory's ACL is cleaned.
Specify the read/write path to each directory, to avoid the failure that
results from attempting to change a read-only volume. By convention, the
read/write path is indicated by placing a period before the cell name at
the pathname's second level (for example, /afs/.example.com). For
further discussion of the concept of read/write and read-only paths
through the filespace, see the fs mkmount reference page.
- -help
- Prints the online help for this command. All other valid
options are ignored.
If there are no obsolete entries on the ACL, the following message appears:
Access list for <path> is fine.
Otherwise, the output reports the resulting state of the ACL, following the
header
Access list for <path> is now
At the same time, the following error message appears for each file in the
cleaned directories:
fs: '<filename>': Not a directory
The following example illustrates the cleaning of the ACLs on the current
working directory and two of its subdirectories. Only the second subdirectory
had obsolete entries on it.
% fs cleanacl -path . ./reports ./sources
Access list for . is fine.
Access list for ./reports is fine.
Access list for ./sources is now
Normal rights:
system:authuser rl
pat rlidwka
The issuer must have the "a" (administer) permission on each
directory's ACL (or the ACL of each file's parent directory); the directory's
owner and the members of the system:administrators group have the right
implicitly, even if it does not appear on the ACL.
fs_listacl(1),
fs_mkmount(1)
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