[aklug] POSIX ACLs: Mask

From: Christopher Howard <ch.howard@zoho.com>
Date: Thu Sep 15 2016 - 22:20:57 AKDT

Hi list. Could someone explain to me: what is the purpose/philosophy
behind the "mask" entry in POSIX ACLs? I've been using ACLs lately in
structuring permissions on some family file shares. Most everything
about ACLs seems rather straightforward to me, but it seems like the
mask entry for new or copied files often gets autocalculated in the
strangest of ways, and only ever gets in the way of what I am trying to
accomplish.

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