The access control list
The ACL module manages the Access Control Lists in Windows. The Linux way of giving rights to folders and files does not work correctly in Windows. The ACL module adds a type provider to Puppet. We can use this acl
type to assign permissions and rights to files and folders.
To install acl
, you need to write the following command:
$ sudo puppet module install puppetlabs-acl
Here are the definition details of an acl
:
acl { 'name': target=> 'absolute/path', target_type=> '<file>', purge=> '<true| false | listed_permissions>', permissions=> [ { identity=> '<identity>', rights=> [<rights>], perm_type=> '<perm_type>', affects=> '<affects>', child_types => '<child_types>' } ], owner=> '<owner>', group=> '<group>', inherit_parent_permissions ...
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