Plus sign '+' in file permissions

[Peter J. Acklam]

"Derek Mahar" <DMahar@penson.ca> wrote:

> To what does the plus sign '+' refer at the end of the list of
> file permissions in a Cygwin directory listing (for example,
> -rw-rw-rw-+)?  I'm unfamiliar with this permission since I've
> never seen it in either Solaris or Linux directory listings.
> Using bash or Windows Explorer, how do I enable or disable this
> file permission?

The "+" indicates that there is an ACL (Access Control List) entry
associated with the file.  I don't know about Linux, but ACLs are
used on Solaris too.  See the manual pages for "getfacl" and
"setfacl".

Peter

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