8:chkstat

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      chkstat - Tool to check and set file permissions
      
      chkstat [--set|-set] [--noheader] [[--examine file ]...]  [[--files filelist ]...]  permission-file ...

Contents 1 DESCRIPTION 2 General Options 2.1 EXAMPLE 2.2 COPYRIGHT 2.3 CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

      The perl script /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.

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  com-
      ments.

COPYRIGHT

      1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.

CATEGORY