# owner: root
# group: root
user::rwx
group::r--
mask::r-x
other::r--
default:user::r--
default:group::r--
default:mask::r-x
default:other::r--

overt htdocs # getfacl .
# file: .
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rwx
user:apache:r--
group::r--
mask::r-x
other::r--
default:user::r--
default:user:apache:r--
default:group::r--
default:mask::r--
default:other::r--

overt htdocs # setfacl -dm u:apache:rx .
overt htdocs # touch blah.txt
overt htdocs # getfacl blah.txt
# file: blah.txt
# owner: root
# group: root
user::r--
user:apache:r-x                 #effective:r--
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--

overt htdocs # rm blah.txt
overt htdocs # setfacl -dm u:apache:rX .
overt htdocs # touch blah.txt
overt htdocs # getfacl blah.txt
# file: blah.txt
# owner: root
# group: root
user::r--
user:apache:r-x                 #effective:r--
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--

overt htdocs # setfacl -x u:apache blah.txt
overt htdocs # getfacl blah.txt
# file: blah.txt
# owner: root
# group: root
user::r--
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--

overt htdocs # setfacl -m u:apache:rX blah.txt
overt htdocs # getfacl blah.txt
# file: blah.txt
# owner: root
# group: root
user::r--
user:apache:r--
group::r--
mask::r--
other::r--

user:apache:r-x                 #effective:r--