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dpns-chgrp

DPNS-CHGRP(1)							DPNS User Commands						     DPNS-CHGRP(1)

NAME

       dpns-chgrp - change group ownership of a DPNS directory/file in the name server

SYNOPSIS

       dpns-chgrp [-h] [-R] group path...

DESCRIPTION

       dpns-chgrp sets the group ownership of a DPNS directory/file in the name server to the value of group.

       To  change  the group ID, the effective user ID of the process must match the owner ID of the file and the new group must be in the list of
       groups the caller belong to or the caller must have ADMIN privilege in the Cupv database.

       group  is either a valid group name or a valid numeric ID.

       path   specifies the DPNS pathname.  If path does not start with /, it is prefixed by the content of the DPNS_HOME environment variable.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -h     If path is a symbolic link, changes the ownership of the link itself.

       -R     Recursive mode.

EXIT STATUS

       This program returns 0 if the operation was successful or >0 if the operation failed.

SEE ALSO

       Castor_limits(4), dpns_chown(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team

DPNS
							   $Date: 2007/01/13 10:35:39 $ 					     DPNS-CHGRP(1)

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