- All Superinterfaces:
AttributeView,FileAttributeView,FileOwnerAttributeView
ACLs are used to specify access rights to file system objects. An ACL is
an ordered list of access-control-entries, each specifying a
UserPrincipal and the level of access for that user principal. This
file attribute view defines the getAcl, and setAcl methods to read and write ACLs based on the ACL
model specified in RFC 3530:
Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol. This file attribute view
is intended for file system implementations that support the NFSv4 ACL model
or have a well-defined mapping between the NFSv4 ACL model and the ACL
model used by the file system. The details of such mapping are implementation
dependent and are therefore unspecified.
This class also extends FileOwnerAttributeView so as to define
methods to get and set the file owner.
When a file system provides access to a set of file-systems that are not homogeneous then only some of the file systems may
support ACLs. The supportsFileAttributeView method can be used to test if a file system
supports ACLs.
Interoperability
RFC 3530 allows for special user identities to be used on platforms that support the POSIX defined access permissions. The special user identities are "OWNER@", "GROUP@", and "EVERYONE@". When both
the AclFileAttributeView and the PosixFileAttributeView
are supported then these special user identities may be included in ACL entries that are read or written. The file system's UserPrincipalLookupService may be used to obtain a UserPrincipal
to represent these special identities by invoking the lookupPrincipalByName
method.
Usage Example: Suppose we wish to add an entry to an existing ACL to grant "joe" access:
// lookup "joe"
UserPrincipal joe = file.getFileSystem().getUserPrincipalLookupService()
.lookupPrincipalByName("joe");
// get view
AclFileAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(file, AclFileAttributeView.class);
// create ACE to give "joe" read access
AclEntry entry = AclEntry.newBuilder()
.setType(AclEntryType.ALLOW)
.setPrincipal(joe)
.setPermissions(AclEntryPermission.READ_DATA, AclEntryPermission.READ_ATTRIBUTES)
.build();
// read ACL, insert ACE, re-write ACL
List<AclEntry> acl = view.getAcl();
acl.add(0, entry); // insert before any DENY entries
view.setAcl(acl);
Dynamic Access
Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the attributes supported by this attribute view are as follows:
Name Type "acl" List<AclEntry>"owner" UserPrincipal
The getAttribute method may be used to read
the ACL or owner attributes as if by invoking the getAcl or
getOwner methods.
The setAttribute method may be used to
update the ACL or owner attributes as if by invoking the setAcl
or setOwner methods.
Setting the ACL when creating a file
Implementations supporting this attribute view may also support setting
the initial ACL when creating a file or directory. The initial ACL
may be provided to methods such as createFile or createDirectory as an FileAttribute with name "acl:acl" and a value that is the list of AclEntry objects.
Where an implementation supports an ACL model that differs from the NFSv4
defined ACL model then setting the initial ACL when creating the file must
translate the ACL to the model supported by the file system. Methods that
create a file should reject (by throwing IOException)
any attempt to create a file that would be less secure as a result of the
translation.
- Since:
- 1.7
- External Specifications
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Method Summary
Methods declared in interface java.nio.file.attribute.FileOwnerAttributeView
getOwner, setOwner
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Method Details
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name
String name()Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type have the name"acl".- Specified by:
namein interfaceAttributeView- Specified by:
namein interfaceFileOwnerAttributeView- Returns:
- the name of the attribute view
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getAcl
Reads the access control list.When the file system uses an ACL model that differs from the NFSv4 defined ACL model, then this method returns an ACL that is the translation of the ACL to the NFSv4 ACL model.
The returned list is modifiable so as to facilitate changes to the existing ACL. The
setAclmethod is used to update the file's ACL attribute.- Returns:
- an ordered list of
entriesrepresenting the ACL - Throws:
IOException- if an I/O error occursSecurityException- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is installed, and it deniesRuntimePermission("accessUserInformation")or itscheckReadmethod denies read access to the file.
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setAcl
Updates (replace) the access control list.Where the file system supports Access Control Lists, and it uses an ACL model that differs from the NFSv4 defined ACL model, then this method must translate the ACL to the model supported by the file system. This method should reject (by throwing
IOException) any attempt to write an ACL that would appear to make the file more secure than would be the case if the ACL were updated. Where an implementation does not support a mapping ofAclEntryType.AUDITorAclEntryType.ALARMentries, then this method ignores these entries when writing the ACL.If an ACL entry contains a
user-principalthat is not associated with the same provider as this attribute view thenProviderMismatchExceptionis thrown. Additional validation, if any, is implementation dependent.If the file system supports other security related file attributes (such as a file
access-permissionsfor example), the updating the access control list may also cause these security related attributes to be updated.- Parameters:
acl- the new access control list- Throws:
IOException- if an I/O error occurs or the ACL is invalidSecurityException- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is installed, it deniesRuntimePermission("accessUserInformation")or itscheckWritemethod denies write access to the file.
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