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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY acl-download-http "http://mirrors.zerg.biz/nongnu/acl/acl-&acl-version;.src.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY acl-download-ftp "ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars-oct_09/acl-&acl-version;.src.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY acl-md5sum "181445894cca986da9ae0099d5ce2d08">
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10 | <!ENTITY acl-size "362 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY acl-buildsize "5 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY acl-time "0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="acl" xreflabel="acl-&acl-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="acl.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>acl-&acl-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="acl">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-acl">acl</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to acl</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>acl</application> package contains utilities to
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33 | administer Access Control Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained
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34 | discretionary access rights for files and directories.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&acl-download-http;"/></para>
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40 | </listitem>
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&acl-download-ftp;"/></para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &acl-md5sum;</para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download size: &acl-size;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &acl-buildsize;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated build time: &acl-time;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | </itemizedlist>
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57 |
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58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">acl Dependencies</bridgehead>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="attr"/></para>
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62 |
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63 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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64 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/acl"/></para>
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65 |
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66 | </sect2>
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67 |
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68 | <sect2 role="installation">
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69 | <title>Installation of acl</title>
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70 |
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71 | <para>Install <application>acl</application> by running the following
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72 | commands:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|" include/builddefs.in &&
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75 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib &&
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76 | make</userinput></screen>
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77 |
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78 | <para>For meaningful results, the tests need to be carried out on a file
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79 | system that supports extended attributes. It is also required that
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80 | <application>Coreutils</application> is re-installed after
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81 | <application>acl</application> is installed so that the extra acl bit
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82 | displays correctly on a ls command. Some failures will occur due to a
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83 | missing script called sort-getfattr-output which is not part fo the
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84 | tarball.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install install-dev install-lib</userinput></screen>
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89 |
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90 | <para>You should now re-install <application><ulink
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91 | url="&lfs-root;/chapter06/coreutils.html">Coreutils</ulink>
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92 | </application> and proceed to run the test suite.</para>
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93 |
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94 | <para>There are three sets of tests that come with this package. Issue the
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95 | following to execute all three:
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96 | <command>make tests root-tests ext-tests</command>.</para>
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97 |
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98 | </sect2>
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99 |
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100 | <sect2 role="commands">
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101 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para><command>sed -i ... include/builddefs.in</command>: This command
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104 | changes the documentation directory to a versioned directory.</para>
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105 |
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106 | </sect2>
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107 |
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108 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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109 | <title>Configuring attr</title>
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110 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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111 |
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112 | <para>There is no configuration to <application>acl</application> itself,
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113 | but to get any use out of <application>acl</application>, a filesystem
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114 | needs to support access control lists.</para>
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115 |
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116 | <para>One way to achieve this is to add the acl option to an ext3
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117 | filesystem in the /etc/fstab file as shown below.</para>
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118 |
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119 | <screen># file system mount-point type options dump fsck
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120 | # order
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121 |
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122 | /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,acl,user_xattr 0 2</screen>
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123 |
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124 | </sect3>
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125 |
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126 | </sect2>
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127 |
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128 | <sect2 role="content">
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129 | <title>Contents</title>
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130 |
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131 | <segmentedlist>
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132 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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133 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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134 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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135 |
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136 | <seglistitem>
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137 | <seg>chacl, getfacl, and setfacl</seg>
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138 | <seg>libacl.{so,a}</seg>
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139 | <seg>/usr/{include/acl,share/doc/acl-&acl-version;}</seg>
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140 | </seglistitem>
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141 | </segmentedlist>
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142 |
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143 | <variablelist>
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144 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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145 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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146 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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147 |
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148 | <varlistentry id="chacl">
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149 | <term><command>chacl</command></term>
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150 | <listitem>
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151 | <para>changes the access control list of a file or directory.</para>
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152 | <indexterm zone="acl chacl">
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153 | <primary sortas="b-chacl">chacl</primary>
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154 | </indexterm>
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155 | </listitem>
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156 | </varlistentry>
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157 |
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158 | <varlistentry id="getfacl">
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159 | <term><command>getfacl</command></term>
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160 | <listitem>
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161 | <para>gets file access control lists.</para>
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162 | <indexterm zone="acl getfacl">
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163 | <primary sortas="b-getfacl">getfacl</primary>
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164 | </indexterm>
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165 | </listitem>
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166 | </varlistentry>
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167 |
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168 | <varlistentry id="setfacl">
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169 | <term><command>setfacl</command></term>
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170 | <listitem>
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171 | <para>sets file access control lists.</para>
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172 | <indexterm zone="acl setfacl">
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173 | <primary sortas="b-setfacl">setfacl</primary>
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174 | </indexterm>
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175 | </listitem>
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176 | </varlistentry>
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177 |
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178 | <varlistentry id="libacl">
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179 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libacl.{so,a}</filename></term>
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180 | <listitem>
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181 | <para>contains the <application>acl</application> API functions.</para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="acl libacl">
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183 | <primary sortas="c-libacl">libacl.{so,a}</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | </variablelist>
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189 |
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190 | </sect2>
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191 |
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192 | </sect1>
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