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+# Reference
+
+<!-- DO NOT EDIT: This document was generated by Puppet Strings -->
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+### Classes
+
+* [`posix_acl::requirements`](#posix_acl--requirements): install the acl package
+
+### Resource types
+
+* [`posix_acl`](#posix_acl): Ensures that a set of ACL permissions are applied to a given file or directory.   Example:       posix_acl { '/var/www/html':        action  
+
+## Classes
+
+### <a name="posix_acl--requirements"></a>`posix_acl::requirements`
+
+install the acl package
+
+## Resource types
+
+### <a name="posix_acl"></a>`posix_acl`
+
+Ensures that a set of ACL permissions are applied to a given file
+or directory.
+
+ Example:
+
+     posix_acl { '/var/www/html':
+       action      => exact,
+       permission  => [
+         'user::rwx',
+         'group::r-x',
+         'mask::rwx',
+         'other::r--',
+         'default:user::rwx',
+         'default:user:www-data:r-x',
+         'default:group::r-x',
+         'default:mask::rwx',
+         'default:other::r--',
+       ],
+       provider    => posixacl,
+       recursive   => true,
+     }
+
+ In this example, Puppet will ensure that the user and group
+ permissions are set recursively on /var/www/html as well as add
+ default permissions that will apply to new directories and files
+ created under /var/www/html
+
+ Setting an ACL can change a file's mode bits, so if the file is
+ managed by a File resource, that resource needs to set the mode
+ bits according to what the calculated mode bits will be, for
+ example, the File resource for the ACL above should be:
+
+     file { '/var/www/html':
+            mode => 754,
+          }
+
+#### Properties
+
+The following properties are available in the `posix_acl` type.
+
+##### `permission`
+
+ACL permission(s).
+
+#### Parameters
+
+The following parameters are available in the `posix_acl` type.
+
+* [`action`](#-posix_acl--action)
+* [`ignore_missing`](#-posix_acl--ignore_missing)
+* [`path`](#-posix_acl--path)
+* [`provider`](#-posix_acl--provider)
+* [`recursemode`](#-posix_acl--recursemode)
+* [`recursive`](#-posix_acl--recursive)
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--action"></a>`action`
+
+Valid values: `set`, `unset`, `exact`, `purge`
+
+What do we do with this list of ACLs? Options are set, unset, exact, and purge
+
+Default value: `set`
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--ignore_missing"></a>`ignore_missing`
+
+Valid values: `false`, `quiet`, `notify`
+
+What to do if files are missing:
+false: fail run,
+quiet: quietly do nothing,
+notify: do not try to to set ACL, but add notice to run
+
+Default value: `false`
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--path"></a>`path`
+
+namevar
+
+The file or directory to which the ACL applies.
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--provider"></a>`provider`
+
+The specific backend to use for this `posix_acl` resource. You will seldom need to specify this --- Puppet will usually
+discover the appropriate provider for your platform.
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--recursemode"></a>`recursemode`
+
+Valid values: `lazy`, `deep`
+
+Should Puppet apply the ACL recursively with the -R option or
+apply it to individual files?
+
+lazy means -R option
+deep means apply to every file
+
+Default value: `lazy`
+
+##### <a name="-posix_acl--recursive"></a>`recursive`
+
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
+
+Apply ACLs recursively.
+
+Default value: `false`
+
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+#
+# @summary install the acl package
+#
 class posix_acl::requirements {
   package { 'acl':
     ensure => 'present',