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Access Control Lists assignment

TL;DR

# show acls of file test/declarations.h
getfacl test/declarations.h

# set permissions for user awe-user
setfacl -m u:awe-user:rwx test/declarations.h

# set permissions for group awe-group
setfacl -m "g:awe-group:r-x" test/declarations.h

# make children files and directories inherit acls
# sets default acls
setfacl -d -m u:dummy:rw test

# remove a specific acl
setfacl -x u:dummy:rw test

# remove all acls
setfacl -b test/declarations.h

Further readings

• Access Control Lists (ACL) in Linux