INFO
	ACL - the access control list system

DESCRIPTION
	ACL stands for Access Control List, and is a way to control what
	access a given LPC object or wizard can have to filesystem objects
	like directories and files.

	The following access rights are defined and implemented:
	
		P	Protect, can modify ACLs
		D	Delete, can delete filesystem objects
		A	Add, can create filesystem objects
		L	List, can get a directory listing
		R	Read, can read files
		W	Write, can write to already existing files


	The following access rights are defined but not implemented:

		U	Use, (not currently implemented)
		X	eXecute, can clone&load objects (not yet implemented)

	Two abbreviations also exists, ALL is all the above rights, and NONE
	is none of the above rights.

	Access can be given to a number of types of "objects", for example:

		Lpd		A wizard (interactive player really).
		/obj/rope	An LPC object.
		/room/		All objects in the /room directory (as well as
				subdirs).
		.ArchWiz	All "objects" in the .ArchWiz group.
		.Lpd.GuildFoo	All "objects" in Lpd's .GuildFoo group.
		$REST		A "catchall".

	An ACL can look something like this:

		Lpd:ALL			(Lpd have ALL rights)
		Oros:LUR		(Oros have List, Use and Read rights)
		/players/lpd/:ALL	(All objects in ~lpd/ have ALL rights)
		$REST:NONE		(All other "objects" have no rights)

	One thing to notice is that if there isn't an ACL assigned to a
	filesystem object then the rights will be inherited from the nearest
	parent directory to that object. So if you have an ACL assigned to
	your home directory then the access rights specified in it will
	automatically apply to all your subdirs and files (unless you assign
	another ACL to one of the subdirs or files of course).

	For more information about how to view ACLs, see the "list_access"
	command (abbreviation "lac"). To assign and modify ACLs, see the
	"set_access" (abbreviation "sac") and "edit_access" ("edac") commands.

	Author: Peter Eriksson , 15 Oct 1993.

NOTE
	The $REST acts as a minimum acl; if you have an acl like
	Bastard:NONE
	$REST:LR
	the wizard 'bastard' will still get LR rights.

	Beware of giving rights to /obj, /local, etc; then anyone can clone
	wiztools from there and do whatever to your files.


	Beware that the .acl file can be modified by ftp.

SEE ALSO
	w/list_access, w/set_access, w/edit_access

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