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brew install acl v2.3.2 GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later

Command-line utility for managing POSIX access control lists (ACLs) on filesystems.

Why you might care

ACL provides fine-grained permission control beyond standard Unix rwx bits—letting you grant file access to specific users or groups without making them the owner. Essential for sysadmins managing shared filesystems or NFS mounts; primarily a build/runtime dependency for other tools that need ACL library support.

Categories

sysadmin file-utility

Alternatives

getfacl setfacl chacl
5.1k
30-day installs · #585
17.6k
90-day · #581
131.3k
365-day · #360

Build dependencies

attr

Links

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