$mkdir data $cd data/ $ls $pwd /home/jeffrin/data $echo hello > file1.txt $echo world > file2.txt $ls -l total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 jeffrin jeffrin 6 Jan 22 22:44 file1.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 jeffrin jeffrin 6 Jan 22 22:44 file2.txt $getfacl -R . > permissions.txt $cat permissions.txt # file: . # owner: jeffrin # group: jeffrin user::rwx group::r-x other::r-x # file: permissions.txt # owner: jeffrin # group: jeffrin user::rw- group::r-- other::r-- # file: file1.txt # owner: jeffrin # group: jeffrin user::rw- group::r-- other::r-- # file: file2.txt # owner: jeffrin # group: jeffrin user::rw- group::r-- other::r-- $chmod 777 file2.txt $ls -l file2.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 jeffrin jeffrin 6 Jan 22 22:44 file2.txt $setfacl --restore=permissions.txt $ls -l file2.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 jeffrin jeffrin 6 Jan 22 22:44 file2.txt $