[SOLVED] setfacl --restore Invalid argument

mfoley · 01-28-2023, 10:15 PM

I am running getfacl/setfacl version 2.2.52. Two days ago I ran getfacl outputting to backupACL.txt. Today I tried restoring from that file:

Code:

> setfacl --restore=/backupACL.txt
setfacl: /backupACL.txt: Invalid argument in line 25

group:NT\040AUTHORITY\134system:rwx

Line 25 is shown just above. I asked this question a long time ago (2018) and must have found an answer, but didn't post my solution. Now, I have the same problem again. It seems that the \040 octal space is invalid. Rather crazy since the same version of getfacl created that line in the first place, but there you have it!

How can I get setfacl --restore to work with this file? Replace \040 by spaces? Do that plus put characters following the : in quotes? I hate to experiment if someone knows the answer.

MadeInGermany · 02-01-2023, 05:10 AM

The

Quote:

NT\040AUTHORITY\134system

is not a valid username.
Does it stem from Samba/winbind or similar?
Of course you can edit the file and put a valid username there.

mfoley · 02-16-2024, 10:38 PM

Problem solved. The newer version of [get\set]facl 2.3.1 works without this problem. See https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...are-4175733940