diff --git a/tools/cibadmin.c b/tools/cibadmin.c
index 5333fe2b58..bf62ffdcb9 100644
--- a/tools/cibadmin.c
+++ b/tools/cibadmin.c
@@ -1,782 +1,938 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2022 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/msg_xml.h>
 #include <crm/common/xml.h>
 #include <crm/common/ipc.h>
 #include <crm/cib/internal.h>
 
+#define local_barf(...) \
+  do { (void)(fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__) > 0 && fflush(stderr)); } while (0)
+#define local_const_barf(_s) local_barf("%s\n", _s);
+
 static int message_timeout_ms = 30;
 static int command_options = 0;
 static int request_id = 0;
 static int bump_log_num = 0;
 
 static char *host = NULL;
 static const char *cib_user = NULL;
 static const char *cib_action = NULL;
 static const char *obj_type = NULL;
 
 static cib_t *the_cib = NULL;
 static GMainLoop *mainloop = NULL;
 static gboolean force_flag = FALSE;
 static crm_exit_t exit_code = CRM_EX_OK;
 
 int do_init(void);
 int do_work(xmlNode *input, int command_options, xmlNode **output);
 void cibadmin_op_callback(xmlNode *msg, int call_id, int rc, xmlNode *output,
                           void *user_data);
 
 static pcmk__cli_option_t long_options[] = {
     // long option, argument type, storage, short option, description, flags
     {
         "help", no_argument, NULL, '?',
         "\tThis text", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "version", no_argument, NULL, '$',
         "\tVersion information", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'V',
         "\tIncrease debug output\n", pcmk__option_default
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Commands:", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "upgrade", no_argument, NULL, 'u',
         "\tUpgrade the configuration to the latest syntax", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "query", no_argument, NULL, 'Q',
         "\tQuery the contents of the CIB", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "erase", no_argument, NULL, 'E',
         "\tErase the contents of the whole CIB", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "bump", no_argument, NULL, 'B',
         "\tIncrease the CIB's epoch value by 1", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "create", no_argument, NULL, 'C',
         "\tCreate an object in the CIB (will fail if object already exists)",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "modify", no_argument, NULL, 'M',
         "\tFind object somewhere in CIB's XML tree and update it "
             "(fails if object does not exist unless -c is also specified)",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "patch", no_argument, NULL, 'P',
         "\tSupply an update in the form of an XML diff (see crm_diff(8))",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "replace", no_argument, NULL, 'R',
         "\tRecursively replace an object in the CIB", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "delete", no_argument, NULL, 'D',
         "\tDelete first object matching supplied criteria "
             "(for example, <op id=\"rsc1_op1\" name=\"monitor\"/>)",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\n\tThe XML element name and all attributes must match "
             "in order for the element to be deleted.\n",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "delete-all", no_argument, NULL, 'd',
         "When used with --xpath, remove all matching objects in the "
             "configuration instead of just the first one",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "empty", no_argument, NULL, 'a',
         "\tOutput an empty CIB", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "md5-sum", no_argument, NULL, '5',
         "\tCalculate the on-disk CIB digest", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "md5-sum-versioned", no_argument, NULL, '6',
         "Calculate an on-the-wire versioned CIB digest", pcmk__option_default
     },
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+    {
+        "access-render", optional_argument, NULL, 'S',
+        "Like -Q + evaluate access for --user specified "
+            "user, presented in particular way",
+        pcmk__option_default
+    },
+    {
+        "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
+        "\n\tThat amounts to one of \"color\" (default for terminal),"
+            " \"text\" (otherwise), \"ns-full\", \"ns-simple\", or \"auto\""
+            " (per former defaults).",
+        pcmk__option_default
+    },
+    {
+        "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
+        "\n\tParticular appearance for \"color\" can be administratively modified in"
+            " /etc/pacemaker/access-render.cfg.xsl file (or equivalent), which can also"
+            " be overridden per user in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pacemaker/access-render.cfg.xsl,"
+            " where $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is to be understood as ~/.config by default.\n",
+        pcmk__option_default
+    },
+#endif
     {
         "blank", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         NULL, pcmk__option_hidden
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", required_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\nAdditional options:", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "force", no_argument, NULL, 'f',
         NULL, pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "timeout", required_argument, NULL, 't',
         "Time (in seconds) to wait before declaring the operation failed",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "user", required_argument, NULL, 'U',
         "Run the command with permissions of the named user (valid only for "
             "the root and " CRM_DAEMON_USER " accounts)",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "sync-call", no_argument, NULL, 's',
         "Wait for call to complete before returning", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "local", no_argument, NULL, 'l',
         "\tCommand takes effect locally (should be used only for queries)",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "allow-create", no_argument, NULL, 'c',
         "(Advanced) Allow target of --modify/-M to be created "
             "if it does not exist",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "no-children", no_argument, NULL, 'n',
         "(Advanced) When querying an object, do not include its children "
             "in the result",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "no-bcast", no_argument, NULL, 'b',
         NULL, pcmk__option_hidden
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\nData:", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "xml-text", required_argument, NULL, 'X',
         "Retrieve XML from the supplied string", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "xml-file", required_argument, NULL, 'x',
         "Retrieve XML from the named file", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "xml-pipe", no_argument, NULL, 'p',
         "Retrieve XML from stdin\n", pcmk__option_default
     },
 
     {
         "scope", required_argument, NULL, 'o',
         "Limit scope of operation to specific section of CIB",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\tValid values: configuration, nodes, resources, constraints, "
             "crm_config, rsc_defaults, op_defaults, acls, fencing-topology, "
             "tags, alerts",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
 
     {
         "xpath", required_argument, NULL, 'A',
         "A valid XPath to use instead of --scope/-o", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "node-path", no_argument, NULL, 'e',
         "When performing XPath queries, return path of any matches found",
         pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\t(for example, \"/cib/configuration/resources/clone[@id='ms_RH1_SCS']"
             "/primitive[@id='prm_RH1_SCS']\")",
         pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "node", required_argument, NULL, 'N',
         "(Advanced) Send command to the specified host", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '!',
         NULL, pcmk__option_hidden
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "\n\nExamples:\n", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Query the configuration from the local node:", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --query --local", pcmk__option_example
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Query just the cluster options configuration:", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --query --scope crm_config", pcmk__option_example
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Query all 'target-role' settings:", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --query --xpath \"//nvpair[@name='target-role']\"",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Remove all 'is-managed' settings:", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --delete-all --xpath \"//nvpair[@name='is-managed']\"",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
 
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Remove the resource named 'old':", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --delete --xml-text '<primitive id=\"old\"/>'",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Remove all resources from the configuration:", pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --replace --scope resources --xml-text '<resources/>'",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Replace complete configuration with contents of $HOME/pacemaker.xml:",
         pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --replace --xml-file $HOME/pacemaker.xml",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Replace constraints section of configuration with contents of "
             "$HOME/constraints.xml:",
         pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --replace --scope constraints --xml-file "
             "$HOME/constraints.xml",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Increase configuration version to prevent old configurations from "
             "being loaded accidentally:",
         pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --modify --xml-text '<cib admin_epoch=\"admin_epoch++\"/>'",
         pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "Edit the configuration with your favorite $EDITOR:",
         pcmk__option_paragraph
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --query > $HOME/local.xml", pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " $EDITOR $HOME/local.xml", pcmk__option_example
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " cibadmin --replace --xml-file $HOME/local.xml", pcmk__option_example
     },
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+    {
+        "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
+        "Render configuration in color (assuming terminal) visualizing access as evaluated for user tony:",
+        pcmk_option_paragraph
+    },
+    {
+        "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
+        " cibadmin --access-render --user tony",
+        pcmk_option_example
+    },
+#endif
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         "SEE ALSO:", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "-spacer-", no_argument, NULL, '-',
         " crm(8), pcs(8), crm_shadow(8), crm_diff(8)", pcmk__option_default
     },
     {
         "host", required_argument, NULL, 'h',
         "deprecated", pcmk__option_hidden
     },
     { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
 
 static void
 print_xml_output(xmlNode * xml)
 {
     char *buffer;
 
     if (!xml) {
         return;
     } else if (xml->type != XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
         return;
     }
 
     if (command_options & cib_xpath_address) {
         const char *id = crm_element_value(xml, XML_ATTR_ID);
 
         if (pcmk__str_eq((const char *)xml->name, "xpath-query", pcmk__str_casei)) {
             xmlNode *child = NULL;
 
             for (child = xml->children; child; child = child->next) {
                 print_xml_output(child);
             }
 
         } else if (id) {
             printf("%s\n", id);
         }
 
     } else {
         buffer = dump_xml_formatted(xml);
         fprintf(stdout, "%s", crm_str(buffer));
         free(buffer);
     }
 }
 
 // Upgrade requested but already at latest schema
 static void
 report_schema_unchanged(void)
 {
     const char *err = pcmk_rc_str(pcmk_rc_schema_unchanged);
 
     crm_info("Upgrade unnecessary: %s\n", err);
     printf("Upgrade unnecessary: %s\n", err);
     exit_code = CRM_EX_OK;
 }
 
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int argerr = 0;
     int rc = pcmk_ok;
     int flag;
     const char *source = NULL;
     const char *admin_input_xml = NULL;
     const char *admin_input_file = NULL;
     gboolean dangerous_cmd = FALSE;
     gboolean admin_input_stdin = FALSE;
     xmlNode *output = NULL;
     xmlNode *input = NULL;
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+    char *username = NULL;
+    const char *acl_cred = NULL;
+    enum acl_eval_how {
+        acl_eval_unused,
+        acl_eval_auto,
+        acl_eval_ns_full,
+        acl_eval_ns_simple,
+        acl_eval_text,
+        acl_eval_color,
+    } acl_eval_how = acl_eval_unused;
+#endif
 
     int option_index = 0;
 
     pcmk__cli_init_logging("cibadmin", 0);
     set_crm_log_level(LOG_CRIT);
     pcmk__set_cli_options(NULL, "<command> [options]", long_options,
                           "query and edit the Pacemaker configuration");
 
     if (argc < 2) {
         pcmk__cli_help('?', CRM_EX_USAGE);
     }
 
     while (1) {
         flag = pcmk__next_cli_option(argc, argv, &option_index, NULL);
         if (flag == -1)
             break;
 
         switch (flag) {
             case 't':
                 message_timeout_ms = atoi(optarg);
                 if (message_timeout_ms < 1) {
                     message_timeout_ms = 30;
                 }
                 break;
             case 'A':
                 obj_type = optarg;
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_xpath);
                 break;
             case 'e':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_xpath_address);
                 break;
             case 'u':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_UPGRADE;
                 dangerous_cmd = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'E':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_ERASE;
                 dangerous_cmd = TRUE;
                 break;
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+            case 'S':
+                if (optarg != NULL) {
+                    if (!strcmp(optarg, "auto")) {
+                        acl_eval_how = acl_eval_auto;
+                    } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ns-full")) {
+                        acl_eval_how = acl_eval_ns_full;
+                    } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ns-simple")) {
+                        acl_eval_how = acl_eval_ns_simple;
+                    } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "text")) {
+                        acl_eval_how = acl_eval_text;
+                    } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "color")) {
+                        acl_eval_how = acl_eval_color;
+                    } else {
+                        printf("Unrecognized option for --access-render: \"%s\"\n",
+                               optarg);
+                        ++argerr;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    acl_eval_how = acl_eval_auto;
+                }
+                /* XXX this is a workaround until we unify happy paths for
+                       both a/sync handling; the respective extra code is
+                       only in sync path now, but does it matter at all for
+                       query-like request wrt. what blackbox users observe? */
+                command_options |= cib_sync_call;
+                /* fall-through */
+#endif
             case 'Q':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_QUERY;
                 break;
             case 'P':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_APPLY_DIFF;
                 break;
             case 'U':
                 cib_user = optarg;
                 break;
             case 'M':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_MODIFY;
                 break;
             case 'R':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_REPLACE;
                 break;
             case 'C':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_CREATE;
                 break;
             case 'D':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_DELETE;
                 break;
             case '5':
                 cib_action = "md5-sum";
                 break;
             case '6':
                 cib_action = "md5-sum-versioned";
                 break;
             case 'c':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_can_create);
                 break;
             case 'n':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_no_children);
                 break;
             case 'B':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_BUMP;
                 crm_log_args(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'V':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_verbose);
                 bump_log_num++;
                 break;
             case '?':
             case '$':
             case '!':
                 pcmk__cli_help(flag, CRM_EX_OK);
                 break;
             case 'o':
                 crm_trace("Option %c => %s", flag, optarg);
                 obj_type = optarg;
                 break;
             case 'X':
                 crm_trace("Option %c => %s", flag, optarg);
                 admin_input_xml = optarg;
                 crm_log_args(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'x':
                 crm_trace("Option %c => %s", flag, optarg);
                 admin_input_file = optarg;
                 crm_log_args(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'p':
                 admin_input_stdin = TRUE;
                 crm_log_args(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'N':
             case 'h':
                 pcmk__str_update(&host, optarg);
                 break;
             case 'l':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_scope_local);
                 break;
             case 'd':
                 cib_action = CIB_OP_DELETE;
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_multiple);
                 dangerous_cmd = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'b':
                 dangerous_cmd = TRUE;
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_inhibit_bcast|cib_scope_local);
                 break;
             case 's':
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_sync_call);
                 break;
             case 'f':
                 force_flag = TRUE;
                 cib__set_call_options(command_options, crm_system_name,
                                       cib_quorum_override);
                 crm_log_args(argc, argv);
                 break;
             case 'a':
                 output = createEmptyCib(1);
                 if (optind < argc) {
                     crm_xml_add(output, XML_ATTR_VALIDATION, argv[optind]);
                 }
                 admin_input_xml = dump_xml_formatted(output);
                 fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", crm_str(admin_input_xml));
                 crm_exit(CRM_EX_OK);
                 break;
             default:
                 printf("Argument code 0%o (%c)" " is not (?yet?) supported\n", flag, flag);
                 ++argerr;
                 break;
         }
     }
 
     while (bump_log_num > 0) {
         crm_bump_log_level(argc, argv);
         bump_log_num--;
     }
 
     if (optind < argc) {
         printf("non-option ARGV-elements: ");
         while (optind < argc)
             printf("%s ", argv[optind++]);
         printf("\n");
         pcmk__cli_help('?', CRM_EX_USAGE);
     }
 
     if (optind > argc || cib_action == NULL) {
         ++argerr;
     }
 
     if (argerr) {
         pcmk__cli_help('?', CRM_EX_USAGE);
     }
 
     if (dangerous_cmd && force_flag == FALSE) {
         fprintf(stderr, "The supplied command is considered dangerous."
                 "  To prevent accidental destruction of the cluster,"
                 " the --force flag is required in order to proceed.\n");
         fflush(stderr);
         crm_exit(CRM_EX_UNSAFE);
     }
 
     if (admin_input_file != NULL) {
         input = filename2xml(admin_input_file);
         source = admin_input_file;
 
     } else if (admin_input_xml != NULL) {
         source = "input string";
         input = string2xml(admin_input_xml);
 
     } else if (admin_input_stdin) {
         source = "STDIN";
         input = stdin2xml();
+
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+    } else if (acl_eval_how != acl_eval_unused) {
+        username = uid2username(geteuid());
+        if (pcmk_acl_required(username)) {
+            if (force_flag == TRUE) {
+                local_const_barf("The supplied command can provide skewed"
+                                 " result since it is run under user that also"
+                                 " gets guarded per ACLs on their own right."
+                                 " Continuing since --force flag was"
+                                 " provided.");
+
+            } else {
+                local_const_barf("The supplied command can provide skewed"
+                                 " result since it is run under user that also"
+                                 " gets guarded per ACLs in their own right."
+                                 " To accept the risk of such a possible"
+                                 " distortion (without even knowing it at this"
+                                 " time), use the --force flag.");
+                crm_exit(CRM_EX_UNSAFE);
+            }
+
+        }
+        free(username);
+        username = NULL;
+
+        if (cib_user == NULL) {
+            local_const_barf("The supplied command requires -U user specified.");
+            crm_exit(CRM_EX_USAGE);
+        }
+
+        /* we already stopped/warned ACL-controlled users about consequences */
+        acl_cred = cib_user;
+        cib_user = NULL;  /* XXX CRM_DAEMON_USER as it's IPC guarded anyway? */
+        /* XXX should likely differenciate per admin_input_* */
+#endif
     }
 
     if (input != NULL) {
         crm_log_xml_debug(input, "[admin input]");
 
     } else if (source) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't parse input from %s.\n", source);
         crm_exit(CRM_EX_CONFIG);
     }
 
     if (pcmk__str_eq(cib_action, "md5-sum", pcmk__str_casei)) {
         char *digest = NULL;
 
         if (input == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Please supply XML to process with -X, -x or -p\n");
             crm_exit(CRM_EX_USAGE);
         }
 
         digest = calculate_on_disk_digest(input);
         fprintf(stderr, "Digest: ");
         fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", crm_str(digest));
         free(digest);
         free_xml(input);
         crm_exit(CRM_EX_OK);
 
     } else if (pcmk__str_eq(cib_action, "md5-sum-versioned", pcmk__str_casei)) {
         char *digest = NULL;
         const char *version = NULL;
 
         if (input == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Please supply XML to process with -X, -x or -p\n");
             crm_exit(CRM_EX_USAGE);
         }
 
         version = crm_element_value(input, XML_ATTR_CRM_VERSION);
         digest = calculate_xml_versioned_digest(input, FALSE, TRUE, version);
         fprintf(stderr, "Versioned (%s) digest: ", version);
         fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", crm_str(digest));
         free(digest);
         free_xml(input);
         crm_exit(CRM_EX_OK);
     }
 
     rc = do_init();
     if (rc != pcmk_ok) {
         crm_err("Init failed, could not perform requested operations");
         fprintf(stderr, "Init failed, could not perform requested operations\n");
         free_xml(input);
         crm_exit(crm_errno2exit(rc));
     }
 
     rc = do_work(input, command_options, &output);
     if (rc > 0) {
         /* wait for the reply by creating a mainloop and running it until
          * the callbacks are invoked...
          */
         request_id = rc;
 
         the_cib->cmds->register_callback(the_cib, request_id, message_timeout_ms, FALSE, NULL,
                                          "cibadmin_op_callback", cibadmin_op_callback);
 
         mainloop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
         crm_trace("%s waiting for reply from the local CIB", crm_system_name);
 
         crm_info("Starting mainloop");
         g_main_loop_run(mainloop);
 
     } else if ((rc == -pcmk_err_schema_unchanged)
                && pcmk__str_eq(cib_action, CIB_OP_UPGRADE, pcmk__str_none)) {
         report_schema_unchanged();
 
     } else if (rc < 0) {
         crm_err("Call failed: %s", pcmk_strerror(rc));
         fprintf(stderr, "Call failed: %s\n", pcmk_strerror(rc));
 
         if (rc == -pcmk_err_schema_validation) {
             if (pcmk__str_eq(cib_action, CIB_OP_UPGRADE, pcmk__str_none)) {
                 xmlNode *obj = NULL;
                 int version = 0, rc = 0;
 
                 rc = the_cib->cmds->query(the_cib, NULL, &obj, command_options);
                 if (rc == pcmk_ok) {
                     update_validation(&obj, &version, 0, TRUE, FALSE);
                 }
 
             } else if (output) {
                 validate_xml_verbose(output);
             }
         }
         exit_code = crm_errno2exit(rc);
     }
 
+#if ENABLE_ACL
+    if (output != NULL && acl_eval_how != acl_eval_unused) {
+        xmlDoc *acl_evaled_doc;
+        rc = pcmk_acl_evaled_as_namespaces(PCMK_ACL_CRED_USER, acl_cred,
+                                           output->doc, &acl_evaled_doc);
+        if (rc > 0) {
+            free_xml(output);
+            if (acl_eval_how != acl_eval_ns_full) {
+                xmlChar *rendered = NULL;
+                int rendered_len = 0;
+                enum pcmk__acl_render_how how = (acl_eval_how == acl_eval_ns_simple)
+                                                ? pcmk__acl_render_ns_simple
+                                                : (acl_eval_how == acl_eval_text)
+                                                ? pcmk__acl_render_text
+                                                : (acl_eval_how == acl_eval_color)
+                                                ? pcmk__acl_render_color
+                                                : /*acl_eval_auto*/ isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)
+                                                ? pcmk__acl_render_color
+                                                : pcmk__acl_render_text;
+                if (!pcmk__acl_evaled_render(acl_evaled_doc, how,
+                                             &rendered, &rendered_len)) {
+                    printf("%s\n", (char *) rendered);
+                    free(rendered);
+                } else {
+                    local_const_barf("Could not render evaluated access");
+                    crm_exit(CRM_EX_CONFIG);
+                }
+                output = NULL;
+            } else {
+                output = xmlDocGetRootElement(acl_evaled_doc);
+            }
+        } else if (rc == 0) {
+
+        } else if (rc < 0) {
+            local_barf("Could not evaluate access per request (%s, rc=%d)\n",
+                       acl_cred, rc);
+            crm_exit(CRM_EX_CONFIG);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (output != NULL) {
         print_xml_output(output);
         free_xml(output);
     }
 
     crm_trace("%s exiting normally", crm_system_name);
 
     free_xml(input);
     rc = cib__clean_up_connection(&the_cib);
     if (exit_code == CRM_EX_OK) {
         exit_code = pcmk_rc2exitc(rc);
     }
 
     free(host);
     crm_exit(exit_code);
 }
 
 int
 do_work(xmlNode * input, int call_options, xmlNode ** output)
 {
     /* construct the request */
     the_cib->call_timeout = message_timeout_ms;
     if (strcasecmp(CIB_OP_REPLACE, cib_action) == 0
         && pcmk__str_eq(crm_element_name(input), XML_TAG_CIB, pcmk__str_casei)) {
         xmlNode *status = pcmk_find_cib_element(input, XML_CIB_TAG_STATUS);
 
         if (status == NULL) {
             create_xml_node(input, XML_CIB_TAG_STATUS);
         }
     }
 
     if (cib_action != NULL) {
         crm_trace("Passing \"%s\" to variant_op...", cib_action);
         return cib_internal_op(the_cib, cib_action, host, obj_type, input, output, call_options, cib_user);
 
     } else {
         crm_err("You must specify an operation");
     }
     return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 int
 do_init(void)
 {
     int rc = pcmk_ok;
 
     the_cib = cib_new();
     rc = the_cib->cmds->signon(the_cib, crm_system_name, cib_command);
     if (rc != pcmk_ok) {
         crm_err("Could not connect to the CIB: %s", pcmk_strerror(rc));
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not connect to the CIB: %s\n",
                 pcmk_strerror(rc));
     }
 
     return rc;
 }
 
 void
 cibadmin_op_callback(xmlNode * msg, int call_id, int rc, xmlNode * output, void *user_data)
 {
     exit_code = crm_errno2exit(rc);
 
     if (rc == -pcmk_err_schema_unchanged) {
         report_schema_unchanged();
 
     } else if (rc != pcmk_ok) {
         crm_warn("Call %s failed (%d): %s", cib_action, rc, pcmk_strerror(rc));
         fprintf(stderr, "Call %s failed (%d): %s\n", cib_action, rc, pcmk_strerror(rc));
         print_xml_output(output);
 
     } else if (pcmk__str_eq(cib_action, CIB_OP_QUERY, pcmk__str_casei) && output == NULL) {
         crm_err("Query returned no output");
         crm_log_xml_err(msg, "no output");
 
     } else if (output == NULL) {
         crm_info("Call passed");
 
     } else {
         crm_info("Call passed");
         print_xml_output(output);
     }
 
     if (call_id == request_id) {
         g_main_loop_quit(mainloop);
 
     } else {
         crm_info("Message was not the response we were looking for (%d vs. %d)",
                  call_id, request_id);
     }
 }