Path file = Paths.get("c:\\test-file.dat"); AclFileAttributeView aclFileAttributes = Files.getFileAttributeView( file, AclFileAttributeView.class); for (AclEntry aclEntry : aclFileAttributes.getAcl()) { System.out.println(aclEntry.principal() + ":"); System.out.println(aclEntry.permissions() + "\n"); }