Hi!
Is there any shell parameter that I can use in my script to check the file-permissions I have in the currect directory!?
The history behind is: My script tries to create some log files in the folder and I want to see whether I have enough permissions to do that. And exit in case I dont... (4 Replies)
Is there any way that I can use the ls command to view the permissions that a group has on a file.
I know ls -l file1 will list all the permissions for file1.
Would I have to use the following command: ls -l file1
Then grep or sed the output to retrieve what permissions the group has. (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am a Unix Admin. I have to give the permissions to a user for creating new file in a directory in HP-Ux 11.11 system since he cannot able to create a new file in the directory.
Thanks in advance.
Mike (3 Replies)
Hi all,
My UNIX box is HP UX - 11.11.
I have got a basic doubt. What are the global permissions for a file and directory?
I set the mask as 111 in my .profile. When I create a new file, it gets created withe -rw-rw-rw- permissions. A directory is created with drw-rw-rw- permissions. So, i... (7 Replies)
Hello.
I have written a bash script that I am sharing with an OS X community I am a member of. The purpose of the script is to execute a series of commands for members without them having to get involved with Terminal, as it can be daunting for those with no experience of it at all. I have renamed... (4 Replies)
AIX 5.3 environment. On the local system, I am sharing a jfs2 filesystem as an exported filesystem. I have many other AIX 5.3 server mounting to this file system and can create, move, copy, ... data to and from this share.
Recently, we've run into a problem. When on another system (okay, all... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a shellscript.I want to protect the source code.
So I gave 711 permission on the file(owner=rwx,group=x,others=x)
but still others are not able to execute it.
Please help me in protecting the source code.I don't want others to use any cat or vi command on the script but... (1 Reply)
Hi, I am creating a ksh script to search for a string of text inside files within a directory tree. Some of these file are going to be read/execute only. I know to use chmod to change the permissions of the file, but I want to preserve the original permissions after writing to the file. How can I... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have used expdp for datapump. The .dmp file is created by the "oracle" user.
my requirement is to make a zipped file of this .dmp file.
What i am trying to do is change the permissions of this .dmp file from 0640 to 0644 and then do a gzip and zip it. Is there any way i can change... (3 Replies)
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chkstat
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)