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Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

8.26. Acl-2.3.2

The Acl package contains utilities to administer Access Control Lists, which are used to define fine-grained discretionary access rights for files and directories.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 6.3 MB

8.26.1. Installation of Acl

Prepare Acl for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr         \
            --disable-static      \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/acl-2.3.2

Compile the package: 

make

The Acl tests must be run on a filesystem that supports access controls, but not until the Coreutils package has been built, using the Acl libraries. If desired, return to this package and run make check after the Coreutils package has been built.

Install the package: 

make install

8.26.2. Installation of Acl - 32bit

Clean previous build: 

make distclean

Prepare Acl for compilation: 

CC="gcc -m32" ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr         \
    --disable-static      \
    --libdir=/usr/lib32   \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib32   \
    --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu

Compile the package: 

make

Install the package: 

make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
rm -rf DESTDIR

8.26.3. Contents of Acl

Installed programs: chacl, getfacl, and setfacl
Installed library: libacl.so
Installed directories: /usr/include/acl and /usr/share/doc/acl-2.3.2

Short Descriptions

chacl

Changes the access control list of a file or directory

getfacl

Gets file access control lists

setfacl

Sets file access control lists

libacl

Contains the library functions for manipulating Access Control Lists