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 => '<true | false>',
}

Here are the details of the each parameter and attribute: