Full Form of DACL

What is DACL Full Form?

DACL is full form Discretionary Access Control List

What is Discretionary Access Control List?

A DACL stands for Discretionary Access Control List, in Microsoft Windows family, is an internal list attached to an object in Active Directory that specifies which users and groups can access the object and what kinds of operations they can perform on the object. In Windows 2000 and Windows NT, an internal list attached to a file or folder on a volume formatted using the NTFS that has a similar function.

The object’s owner (the security identifier or the owner) and the groups to which the owner belongs.
The discretionary access control list (DACL) of the object, which lists the security principals (users, groups, and computers) that have access to the object and their level of access.
The system access control list (SACL), which lists the security principals that should trigger audit events when accessing the list.