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Re: clone ACL permissions

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On 23/07/19 12:20, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> consider this from man setfacl:
>
>     --restore=file
>         Restore a permission backup created by `getfacl -R' or similar. All
>         permissions of a complete directory subtree are restored using this
>         mechanism. If the input contains owner comments or group  comments,
>         setfacl  attempts  to  restore  the  owner and owning group. If the
>         input contains flags comments (which define the setuid, setgid, and
>         sticky bits), setfacl sets those three bits accordingly; otherwise,
>         it clears them. This option cannot  be  mixed  with  other  options
>         except `--test'.
>
> You could write a program which reads the text blocks in the getfacl -R
> file and only writes those to a new file, which contain lines other than
> the chmod-related "user::", "group::", "other::".
> This would curb the eagerness of setfacl --restore to the files which
> really need it.
>
> Depending on your situation. some manipulation of the file paths in the -R
> file might be necessary.
>
> (And of course you urgently need a backup of your ACLs. If your favorite
>   backup tool does not record them, consider to run getfacl -R and to
>   include the resulting file in your backup.)
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
Hi Thomas,

Thank you for a quick and useful reply.
I definitely need to review all backups and include ACLs where needed.
I'm also wondering if rsync is capable of syncing ACLs without touching 
anything else.
I vaguely recall using it for a similar purpose some time ago.

Thanks,
Adam

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clone ACL permissions Adam Weremczuk <adamw@matrixscience.com> - 2019-07-23 13:10 +0200
  Re: clone ACL permissions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-07-23 13:30 +0200
    Re: clone ACL permissions Adam Weremczuk <adamw@matrixscience.com> - 2019-07-23 13:50 +0200
  Re: clone ACL permissions Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-07-23 13:30 +0200

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