acl_from_text(3) on FreeBSD
The text 27b23d4d9324, as FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE shipped it.
create an ACL from text