- Linux Access Control Lists (ACLs)
This exercise explores the use of Linux ACLs to provide access control over files, with more flexibility than the access control offered by traditional UNIX file permissions.
This exercise explores the use of Linux ACLs to provide access control over files, with more flexibility than the access control offered by traditional UNIX file permissions. It is assumed the student has received instruction, or independent study, in access control policies and ACLs. A description of Linux ACLs can be found at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Access_Control_Lists
This lab runs in the Labtainer framework, available at http://my.nps.edu/web/c3o/labtainers. That site in- cludes links to a pre-built virtual machine that has Labtainers installed, however Labtainers can be run on any Linux host that supports Docker containers.
Task 1: Review existing file permissions