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On Sunday 03 June 2007, Dan Cowsill wrote: |
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> Hey list, |
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> It has been a constant burden to me to have to change the file |
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> permissions of files I've copied so that other users can access them |
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> and modify them. Say I have a number of documents in the /root |
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> folder which the root user owns. Now I want to transfer them to my |
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> non-priveliged user so I can work on them... But I have to chown them |
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> so that is possible. |
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> It just occured to me that there must be an easier way to do things |
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> like this and I was wondering if you fine fellows could guide me down |
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> the right path. |
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A custom script? Maybe something like (named as chowncp) |
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#!/bin/bash |
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# |
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chown $1 $2 |
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cp $2 $3 |
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Permissions would be something like x only for owner (root), called |
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something like this: |
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chowncp dan <file1> <file2> |
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It's way incomplete, I'll let you figure out your own '[ -f ...' checks |
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but you get the idea. |
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I'm also sure ext3/reiser acls can force ownership of new files (it can |
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do it for groups), but I'm way too lazy to figure it out right now, it |
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being Friday and all... |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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