Administrator's Guide

IMPORTANT: You must use chmod with the -A option when working with files that
have HFS ACL permissions assigned. Without the -A option, chmod will delete the ACL
permissions from the file. The syntax is:
# chmod -A mode file
The chacl command is a superset of the chmod command. Any specific permissions
you assign with the chacl command are added to the more general permissions assigned
with the chmod command.
When a file has ACLs, the ll command displays a plus sign (+) after the permission
string.
If a user.group matches more than one HFS ACL entry, the more specific entry takes
precedence. See Example 5-2.
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