Re: Remove all ACL's in a directory

LuKreme <kremels-/[email protected]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:31:34 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.macosx.admin
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On 27 Oct 2011, at 15:16 , Richard Peskin wrote:

> chmod -R -a#  0 [directory path] " (where 0 is a possible ACL number id), but this doesn't work. chmod -a# 0 filename works for a single file. PErhaps I need a script to do this?

from man chmod

   -N      Removes the ACL from the named file(s).

chmod -RN . 

should remove all ACLs from the current folder and all files/folders under it.

(this is nearly always a bad idea)

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