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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users File group ownership changing automatically Post 90796 by top_gun on Sunday 27th of November 2005 10:36:08 PM
Old 11-27-2005
File group ownership changing automatically

Hi everyone,

Need help with an issue. The group ownership of files on my Solaris system is getting changed automatically. Could someone tell me the reason why? And how could I correct it? One more info- everytime the ownership changes, it changes to "x".

Thanks Smilie
 

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explain_fchown_or_die(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  explain_fchown_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_fchown_or_die - change ownership of a file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/fchown.h> void explain_fchown_or_die(int fildes, int owner, int group); DESCRIPTION
The explain_fchown_or_die function is used to call the fchown(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from explain_fchown(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: explain_fchown_or_die(fildes, owner, group); fildes The fildes, exactly as to be passed to the fchown(2) system call. owner The owner, exactly as to be passed to the fchown(2) system call. group The group, exactly as to be passed to the fchown(2) system call. Returns: This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits. SEE ALSO
fchown(2) change ownership of a file explain_fchown(3) explain fchown(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller explain_fchown_or_die(3)
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