>Number:         184760
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       deleting POSIX mask-ACL is a horror
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 14 07:00:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ZAHEMSZKY, Gabor
>Release:        9.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
Zahemszky Ltd
>Environment:
FreeBSD Picasso.Zahemszky.HU 9.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898: Thu 
Sep 26 22:50:31 UTC 2013     
[email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

>Description:
After enabling POSIX-ACL-s, and setting any ACL on a file, we'll have mask-ACL. 
But it's terrible difficult to remove the leftover mask-ACL from the file. Here 
is a typescript of it:
Script started on Sat Dec 14 07:36:32 2013
$ touch lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -m u:friend:rw lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
user:friend:rw-
group::r--
mask::rw-
other::r--
$ setfacl -x u:friend: lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -x mask:: lo
setfacl: lo: cannot remove non-existent ACL entry
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -x 2 lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -b lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -b -x mask:: lo
setfacl: lo: cannot remove non-existent ACL entry
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -x mask:: -b lo
setfacl: lo: cannot remove non-existent ACL entry
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -b -x 2 lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--
$ setfacl -x 2 -b lo
$ getfacl lo
# file: lo
# owner: me
# group: wheel
user::rw-
group::r--
other::r--
$ ^D
Script done on Sat Dec 14 07:41:50 2013

>How-To-Repeat:
Create a new test file on a POSIX-ACL-enbled filesystem. Put an ACL on that 
file. Remove that ACL. Try to remove the leftover mask ACL. Sometimes incorrect 
error message, sometimes no error message at all. We need to remove the ACL (-x 
option) with the non-intuitive -x number form, AND the "remove all of the ACLs" 
(-b option) with ONLY THIS order (-b -x is incorrect; -b -x mask:: incorrect, 
etc)
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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