Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security

Mac OS X: Disable ACLs on External Volumes for Leopard

ACLs are great.  They allow you a ton of additional options with permissions.  But they’re not for everyone and they are enabled by default on all volumes in Leopard.  But the following command can be used to disable ACLs on External volumes in Leopard:

sudo fsaclctl -d -p /Volumes/<volume-name>