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Re: Syntax error in setfacl man page


On Apr 12 19:27, Fran wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
> > Sometime in the last few months, setfacl stopped accepting two colons (::)
> > after the keyword "other", as in this example:
> > 
> >   $ setfacl -s user::rw-,group::r--,other::r-- filename
> >   setfacl: illegal acl entries
> > 
> > But the setfacl(1) man page continues to show the invalid syntax:
> > 
> >   o[ther]::perm
> 
> Upon further investigation, it appears that it may be setfacl that is
> wrong rather than the man page.  According to the syntax summary given at:
> 
>   http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/setfacl.1.php
> 
> two colons are allowed after the keyword "other":

Thanks for the report.  I fixed that in CVS.


Corinna

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