09-08-2008
rbw,rbr permissions
What is mean by rw,rbw,rbr permissions for the mount file system. How will we give the permission to the file systems in AIX.
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CHKSTAT(8) Tool to check and set file permissions CHKSTAT(8)
NAME
chkstat - Tool to check and set file permissions
SYNOPSIS
chkstat [--set|-set] [--noheader] [[--examine file ]...] [[--files filelist ]...] [[--root directory ]...] permission-file ...
DESCRIPTION
The program /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.
--root directory
Prefix the files given in the permissions files by this directory.
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.
COPYRIGHT
1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
AUTHORS
Reinhold Sojer, Ruediger Oertel, Michael Schroeder
Useful changes and additions by Tobias Burnus
3rd Berkeley Distribution 2008-04-17 CHKSTAT(8)