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$ ls -ld .
drwxr-xr-x+  2 psoft    psoft        512 Feb  3 09:28 ./

$ getfacl .

# file: .
# owner: psoft
# group: psoft
user::rwx
user:psoft:r-x          #effective:r-x
group::r-x              #effective:r-x
mask:r-x
other:r-x
default:user::rw-
default:group::---
default:other:---

$ setfacl -m d:u:jsmith:rw- .
Missing user/group owner, other, mask entry
aclcnt 9, file .
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$ setfacl -a d:u:jsmith:rw- .

but I guess, what you want cannot be done with ACLs...

Quote:> I'm new to ACLs. Can someone explain why I'm getting the error below
> from setfacl? The current directory is owned by psoft. I want to add an
> ACL to the current directory so that only jsmith can add files to it. I
> also want psoft to be able to read and delete that file but not change it.

> $ ls -ld .
> drwxr-xr-x+  2 psoft    psoft        512 Feb  3 09:28 ./

> $ getfacl .

> # file: .
> # owner: psoft
> # group: psoft
> user::rwx
> user:psoft:r-x          #effective:r-x
> group::r-x              #effective:r-x
> mask:r-x
> other:r-x
> default:user::rw-
> default:group::---
> default:other:---

> $ setfacl -m d:u:jsmith:rw- .
> Missing user/group owner, other, mask entry
> aclcnt 9, file .

When setting up a default ACL, you need to supply all the fields.

setfacl -m u:jsmith:rwx,m:rwx .

to allow jsmith to write to the directory, and

setfacl -m d:u::rwx,d:g:---,d:o:---,d:m:rwx,d:u:psoft:r-- .

to set the defaults.

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