setfacl - change file/folder permissions#

Give specific user permission to read/write/execute a folder

  • modifies ACL

  • alternative to chmod

setfacl -m u:username:rwx myfolder

Helpful options.

Option

Meaning

-m, –modify=acl

modify the current ACL(s) of file(s)

-M, –modify-file=file

read ACL entries to modify from file

-x, –remove=acl

remove entries from the ACL(s) of file(s)

-b, –remove-all

remove all extended ACL entries

-R, –recursive

recurse into subdirectories