* tests/sample-test: Update copyright date to 2007.
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1 /* chown -- change user and group ownership of files
2 Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
19 | user
20 | unchanged explicit
21 -------------|-------------------------+-------------------------|
22 g unchanged | --- | chown u |
23 r |-------------------------+-------------------------|
24 o explicit | chgrp g or chown .g | chown u.g |
25 u |-------------------------+-------------------------|
26 p from passwd| --- | chown u. |
27 |-------------------------+-------------------------|
29 Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
31 #include <config.h>
32 #include <stdio.h>
33 #include <sys/types.h>
34 #include <getopt.h>
36 #include "system.h"
37 #include "chown-core.h"
38 #include "error.h"
39 #include "fts_.h"
40 #include "quote.h"
41 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
42 #include "userspec.h"
44 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
45 #define PROGRAM_NAME "chown"
47 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie", "Jim Meyering"
49 /* The name the program was run with. */
50 char *program_name;
52 /* The argument to the --reference option. Use the owner and group IDs
53 of this file. This file must exist. */
54 static char *reference_file;
56 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
57 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
58 enum
60 DEREFERENCE_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
61 FROM_OPTION,
62 NO_PRESERVE_ROOT,
63 PRESERVE_ROOT,
64 REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION
67 static struct option const long_options[] =
69 {"recursive", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
70 {"changes", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
71 {"dereference", no_argument, NULL, DEREFERENCE_OPTION},
72 {"from", required_argument, NULL, FROM_OPTION},
73 {"no-dereference", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
74 {"no-preserve-root", no_argument, NULL, NO_PRESERVE_ROOT},
75 {"preserve-root", no_argument, NULL, PRESERVE_ROOT},
76 {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
77 {"silent", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
78 {"reference", required_argument, NULL, REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION},
79 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
80 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
81 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
82 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
85 void
86 usage (int status)
88 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
89 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
90 program_name);
91 else
93 printf (_("\
94 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...\n\
95 or: %s [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...\n\
96 "),
97 program_name, program_name);
98 fputs (_("\
99 Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n\
100 With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
102 -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
103 --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
104 the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
105 "), stdout);
106 fputs (_("\
107 -h, --no-dereference affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
108 file (useful only on systems that can change the\n\
109 ownership of a symlink)\n\
110 "), stdout);
111 fputs (_("\
112 --from=CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP\n\
113 change the owner and/or group of each file only if\n\
114 its current owner and/or group match those specified\n\
115 here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match\n\
116 is not required for the omitted attribute.\n\
117 "), stdout);
118 fputs (_("\
119 --no-preserve-root do not treat `/' specially (the default)\n\
120 --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on `/'\n\
121 "), stdout);
122 fputs (_("\
123 -f, --silent, --quiet suppress most error messages\n\
124 --reference=RFILE use RFILE's owner and group rather than\n\
125 specifying OWNER:GROUP values\n\
126 -R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively\n\
127 -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed\n\
129 "), stdout);
130 fputs (_("\
131 The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R\n\
132 option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the final\n\
133 one takes effect.\n\
135 -H if a command line argument is a symbolic link\n\
136 to a directory, traverse it\n\
137 -L traverse every symbolic link to a directory\n\
138 encountered\n\
139 -P do not traverse any symbolic links (default)\n\
141 "), stdout);
142 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
143 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
144 fputs (_("\
146 Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged if missing, but changed\n\
147 to login group if implied by a `:' following a symbolic OWNER.\n\
148 OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic.\n\
149 "), stdout);
150 printf (_("\
152 Examples:\n\
153 %s root /u Change the owner of /u to \"root\".\n\
154 %s root:staff /u Likewise, but also change its group to \"staff\".\n\
155 %s -hR root /u Change the owner of /u and subfiles to \"root\".\n\
157 program_name, program_name, program_name);
158 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
160 exit (status);
164 main (int argc, char **argv)
166 bool preserve_root = false;
168 uid_t uid = -1; /* Specified uid; -1 if not to be changed. */
169 gid_t gid = -1; /* Specified gid; -1 if not to be changed. */
171 /* Change the owner (group) of a file only if it has this uid (gid).
172 -1 means there's no restriction. */
173 uid_t required_uid = -1;
174 gid_t required_gid = -1;
176 /* Bit flags that control how fts works. */
177 int bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
179 /* 1 if --dereference, 0 if --no-dereference, -1 if neither has been
180 specified. */
181 int dereference = -1;
183 struct Chown_option chopt;
184 bool ok;
185 int optc;
187 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
188 program_name = argv[0];
189 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
190 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
191 textdomain (PACKAGE);
193 atexit (close_stdout);
195 chopt_init (&chopt);
197 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "HLPRcfhv", long_options, NULL))
198 != -1)
200 switch (optc)
202 case 'H': /* Traverse command-line symlinks-to-directories. */
203 bit_flags = FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL;
204 break;
206 case 'L': /* Traverse all symlinks-to-directories. */
207 bit_flags = FTS_LOGICAL;
208 break;
210 case 'P': /* Traverse no symlinks-to-directories. */
211 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
212 break;
214 case 'h': /* --no-dereference: affect symlinks */
215 dereference = 0;
216 break;
218 case DEREFERENCE_OPTION: /* --dereference: affect the referent
219 of each symlink */
220 dereference = 1;
221 break;
223 case NO_PRESERVE_ROOT:
224 preserve_root = false;
225 break;
227 case PRESERVE_ROOT:
228 preserve_root = true;
229 break;
231 case REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION:
232 reference_file = optarg;
233 break;
235 case FROM_OPTION:
237 char *u_dummy, *g_dummy;
238 const char *e = parse_user_spec (optarg,
239 &required_uid, &required_gid,
240 &u_dummy, &g_dummy);
241 if (e)
242 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", quote (optarg), e);
243 break;
246 case 'R':
247 chopt.recurse = true;
248 break;
250 case 'c':
251 chopt.verbosity = V_changes_only;
252 break;
254 case 'f':
255 chopt.force_silent = true;
256 break;
258 case 'v':
259 chopt.verbosity = V_high;
260 break;
262 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
263 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
264 default:
265 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
269 if (chopt.recurse)
271 if (bit_flags == FTS_PHYSICAL)
273 if (dereference == 1)
274 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
275 _("-R --dereference requires either -H or -L"));
276 dereference = 0;
279 else
281 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
283 chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0);
285 if (argc - optind < (reference_file ? 1 : 2))
287 if (argc <= optind)
288 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
289 else
290 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
291 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
294 if (reference_file)
296 struct stat ref_stats;
297 if (stat (reference_file, &ref_stats))
298 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
299 quote (reference_file));
301 uid = ref_stats.st_uid;
302 gid = ref_stats.st_gid;
303 chopt.user_name = uid_to_name (ref_stats.st_uid);
304 chopt.group_name = gid_to_name (ref_stats.st_gid);
306 else
308 const char *e = parse_user_spec (argv[optind], &uid, &gid,
309 &chopt.user_name, &chopt.group_name);
310 if (e)
311 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", quote (argv[optind]), e);
313 /* If a group is specified but no user, set the user name to the
314 empty string so that diagnostics say "ownership :GROUP"
315 rather than "group GROUP". */
316 if (!chopt.user_name && chopt.group_name)
317 chopt.user_name = "";
319 optind++;
322 if (chopt.recurse & preserve_root)
324 static struct dev_ino dev_ino_buf;
325 chopt.root_dev_ino = get_root_dev_ino (&dev_ino_buf);
326 if (chopt.root_dev_ino == NULL)
327 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
328 quote ("/"));
331 ok = chown_files (argv + optind, bit_flags,
332 uid, gid,
333 required_uid, required_gid, &chopt);
335 chopt_free (&chopt);
337 exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);