chkstat

Langue: en

Version: Jul 9, 1998 (openSuse - 09/10/07)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

chkstat - Tool to check and set file permissions

SYNOPSIS

chkstat [--set|-set] [--noheader] [[--examine file ]...] [[--files filelist ]...] permission-file ...

DESCRIPTION

The perl script /usr/bin/chkstat is a tool to check and set file permissions.

Multiple permissions files can be given on the commandline. If the permission files contain multiple entries for a single file, the last entry found will be used.

General Options

--set-set
This option enables setting the file permissions, the default is to check and warn only.
--noheader
Omit printing the output header lines.
--examine file
Check permissions for this file and not all files listed in the permissions files.
--files filelist
Check permissions for the files listed in filelist and not for all files listed in the permissions files.

EXAMPLE

The command

chkstat -set /etc/permissions

will parse the file /etc/permissions and set the access mode and the user- and group memberships each file listed. The format for the input file is

FILEPATH OWNER:GROUP MODE

and wildcards are not supported for the filepath. Lines starting with '#' and empty lines are treated as comments.

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AUTHOR

Reinhold Sojer (http:/www.suse.de/feedback)

Useful changes and additions by Tobias Burnus <burnus@gmx.de>