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Description of problem: The default behavior of mount does not appear to be correctly documented for to "acl" option. It appears the acl option is set by default. Also, there is third party documentation (Michael Jang's book to study for the RHCSA) that documents incorrectly that the "acl" option must be specified. This is not a critical flaw, but it does cause confusion for users studying for the RHCSA. Updating the man page would probably be the easiest resolution. defaults Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, async, and relatime. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Very reproducable Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /root 2. setfacl -m u:smccarty:r install.log 3. getfacl install.log Actual results: # file: install.log # owner: root # group: root user::rw- user:smccarty:r-- group::r-- mask::r-- other::r-- Expected results: setfacl -m u:smccarty:r install.log setfacl: install.log: Operation not supported or update the man page Additional info:
Note that 'acl' is not VFS mount option (generic mount option), so it does not make sense to add it to the description for the 'default'. The 'acl' is filesystem specific and it's enabled pre-filesystem (for example according to info in FS superblock). See for example for extN: # tune2fs -l /dev/sda4 | grep options Default mount options: user_xattr acl I have added a hint about this to the mount.8 man page rathe than hardcode anything about 'acl' there.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1545.html