Discretionary Access Control (DAC) gives owners of a resource full control of objects/items they have created or been given access to, this also includes sharing the objects/items with other subjects. These owners have control over their data and maintain access through ACLs. The access-control list (ACL), is a list of permissions attached to an object in a computer file system.
The Owners can decide to grant other users access to their files, change their attributes, alter them, or delete them. DACs are discretionary because the owner can transfer information access to other users.
