Here is what to do to undo acl's: setacl -d d:u::,d:g::,d:c:,d:o: dir_name ----------------------------------- This command will find ACL files recursively on your JFS file system. The command is: find / -aclv "user:*:r??" TEST that worked: root@server [/data/files/] >--> find . -aclv "user:*:r??" -exec cp -p {} /tmp/ACLtest \; ----------------------------------------------------- >--> ll /tmp/ACLtest/ total 96 -rw-r--r--+ 1 blissful users 400 Jul 11 11:11 file-blissful -rw-rwxrw-+ 1 forests users 357 Aug 11 09:04 file-forests -rw-r--r--+ 1 lead users 2042 Jul 19 09:48 lead-file -r--rwxrw-+ 1 smith users 880 Aug 12 13:20 smith-files -rw-rwxrw-+ 1 henry users 1887 Aug 22 11:34 henry-users -rw-rwxrw-+ 1 wally users 2415 Aug 27 15:45 wally-files