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1 /* chown -- change user and group ownership of files
2 Copyright (C) 1989-2023 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 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
19 #include <config.h>
20 #include <stdio.h>
21 #include <sys/types.h>
22 #include <getopt.h>
24 #include "system.h"
25 #include "chown-core.h"
26 #include "fts_.h"
27 #include "quote.h"
28 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
29 #include "userspec.h"
31 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
32 #define PROGRAM_NAME "chown"
34 #define AUTHORS \
35 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
36 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
38 /* The argument to the --reference option. Use the owner and group IDs
39 of this file. This file must exist. */
40 static char *reference_file;
42 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
43 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
44 enum
46 DEREFERENCE_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
47 FROM_OPTION,
48 NO_PRESERVE_ROOT,
49 PRESERVE_ROOT,
50 REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION
53 static struct option const long_options[] =
55 {"recursive", no_argument, nullptr, 'R'},
56 {"changes", no_argument, nullptr, 'c'},
57 {"dereference", no_argument, nullptr, DEREFERENCE_OPTION},
58 {"from", required_argument, nullptr, FROM_OPTION},
59 {"no-dereference", no_argument, nullptr, 'h'},
60 {"no-preserve-root", no_argument, nullptr, NO_PRESERVE_ROOT},
61 {"preserve-root", no_argument, nullptr, PRESERVE_ROOT},
62 {"quiet", no_argument, nullptr, 'f'},
63 {"silent", no_argument, nullptr, 'f'},
64 {"reference", required_argument, nullptr, REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION},
65 {"verbose", no_argument, nullptr, 'v'},
66 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
67 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
68 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
71 void
72 usage (int status)
74 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
75 emit_try_help ();
76 else
78 printf (_("\
79 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...\n\
80 or: %s [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...\n\
81 "),
82 program_name, program_name);
83 fputs (_("\
84 Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n\
85 With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
86 \n\
87 "), stdout);
88 fputs (_("\
89 -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
90 -f, --silent, --quiet suppress most error messages\n\
91 -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed\n\
92 "), stdout);
93 fputs (_("\
94 --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
95 the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
96 -h, --no-dereference affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file\n\
97 "), stdout);
98 fputs (_("\
99 (useful only on systems that can change the\n\
100 ownership of a symlink)\n\
101 "), stdout);
102 fputs (_("\
103 --from=CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP\n\
104 change the owner and/or group of each file only if\n\
105 its current owner and/or group match those specified\n\
106 here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match\n\
107 is not required for the omitted attribute\n\
108 "), stdout);
109 fputs (_("\
110 --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially (the default)\n\
111 --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on '/'\n\
112 "), stdout);
113 fputs (_("\
114 --reference=RFILE use RFILE's owner and group rather than specifying\n\
115 OWNER:GROUP values. RFILE is always dereferenced.\n\
116 "), stdout);
117 fputs (_("\
118 -R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively\n\
119 "), stdout);
120 fputs (_("\
122 The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R\n\
123 option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the final\n\
124 one takes effect.\n\
126 -H if a command line argument is a symbolic link\n\
127 to a directory, traverse it\n\
128 -L traverse every symbolic link to a directory\n\
129 encountered\n\
130 -P do not traverse any symbolic links (default)\n\
132 "), stdout);
133 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
134 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
135 fputs (_("\
137 Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged if missing, but changed\n\
138 to login group if implied by a ':' following a symbolic OWNER.\n\
139 OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic.\n\
140 "), stdout);
141 printf (_("\
143 Examples:\n\
144 %s root /u Change the owner of /u to \"root\".\n\
145 %s root:staff /u Likewise, but also change its group to \"staff\".\n\
146 %s -hR root /u Change the owner of /u and subfiles to \"root\".\n\
148 program_name, program_name, program_name);
149 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
151 exit (status);
155 main (int argc, char **argv)
157 bool preserve_root = false;
159 uid_t uid = -1; /* Specified uid; -1 if not to be changed. */
160 gid_t gid = -1; /* Specified gid; -1 if not to be changed. */
162 /* Change the owner (group) of a file only if it has this uid (gid).
163 -1 means there's no restriction. */
164 uid_t required_uid = -1;
165 gid_t required_gid = -1;
167 /* Bit flags that control how fts works. */
168 int bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
170 /* 1 if --dereference, 0 if --no-dereference, -1 if neither has been
171 specified. */
172 int dereference = -1;
174 struct Chown_option chopt;
175 bool ok;
176 int optc;
178 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
179 set_program_name (argv[0]);
180 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
181 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
182 textdomain (PACKAGE);
184 atexit (close_stdout);
186 chopt_init (&chopt);
188 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "HLPRcfhv", long_options, nullptr))
189 != -1)
191 switch (optc)
193 case 'H': /* Traverse command-line symlinks-to-directories. */
194 bit_flags = FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL;
195 break;
197 case 'L': /* Traverse all symlinks-to-directories. */
198 bit_flags = FTS_LOGICAL;
199 break;
201 case 'P': /* Traverse no symlinks-to-directories. */
202 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
203 break;
205 case 'h': /* --no-dereference: affect symlinks */
206 dereference = 0;
207 break;
209 case DEREFERENCE_OPTION: /* --dereference: affect the referent
210 of each symlink */
211 dereference = 1;
212 break;
214 case NO_PRESERVE_ROOT:
215 preserve_root = false;
216 break;
218 case PRESERVE_ROOT:
219 preserve_root = true;
220 break;
222 case REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION:
223 reference_file = optarg;
224 break;
226 case FROM_OPTION:
228 bool warn;
229 char const *e = parse_user_spec_warn (optarg,
230 &required_uid, &required_gid,
231 nullptr, nullptr, &warn);
232 if (e)
233 error (warn ? 0 : EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", e, quote (optarg));
234 break;
237 case 'R':
238 chopt.recurse = true;
239 break;
241 case 'c':
242 chopt.verbosity = V_changes_only;
243 break;
245 case 'f':
246 chopt.force_silent = true;
247 break;
249 case 'v':
250 chopt.verbosity = V_high;
251 break;
253 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
254 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
255 default:
256 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
260 if (chopt.recurse)
262 if (bit_flags == FTS_PHYSICAL)
264 if (dereference == 1)
265 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
266 _("-R --dereference requires either -H or -L"));
267 dereference = 0;
270 else
272 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
274 chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0);
276 if (argc - optind < (reference_file ? 1 : 2))
278 if (argc <= optind)
279 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
280 else
281 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
282 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
285 if (reference_file)
287 struct stat ref_stats;
288 if (stat (reference_file, &ref_stats))
289 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
290 quoteaf (reference_file));
292 uid = ref_stats.st_uid;
293 gid = ref_stats.st_gid;
294 chopt.user_name = uid_to_name (ref_stats.st_uid);
295 chopt.group_name = gid_to_name (ref_stats.st_gid);
297 else
299 bool warn;
300 char const *e = parse_user_spec_warn (argv[optind], &uid, &gid,
301 &chopt.user_name,
302 &chopt.group_name, &warn);
303 if (e)
304 error (warn ? 0 : EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", e, quote (argv[optind]));
306 /* If a group is specified but no user, set the user name to the
307 empty string so that diagnostics say "ownership :GROUP"
308 rather than "group GROUP". */
309 if (!chopt.user_name && chopt.group_name)
310 chopt.user_name = xstrdup ("");
312 optind++;
315 if (chopt.recurse && preserve_root)
317 static struct dev_ino dev_ino_buf;
318 chopt.root_dev_ino = get_root_dev_ino (&dev_ino_buf);
319 if (chopt.root_dev_ino == nullptr)
320 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
321 quoteaf ("/"));
324 bit_flags |= FTS_DEFER_STAT;
325 ok = chown_files (argv + optind, bit_flags,
326 uid, gid,
327 required_uid, required_gid, &chopt);
329 main_exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);