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1 /* chown -- change user and group ownership of files
2 Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2011 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 <http://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 "error.h"
27 #include "fts_.h"
28 #include "quote.h"
29 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
30 #include "userspec.h"
32 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
33 #define PROGRAM_NAME "chown"
35 #define AUTHORS \
36 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
37 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
39 /* The argument to the --reference option. Use the owner and group IDs
40 of this file. This file must exist. */
41 static char *reference_file;
43 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
44 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
45 enum
47 DEREFERENCE_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
48 FROM_OPTION,
49 NO_PRESERVE_ROOT,
50 PRESERVE_ROOT,
51 REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION
54 static struct option const long_options[] =
56 {"recursive", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
57 {"changes", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
58 {"dereference", no_argument, NULL, DEREFERENCE_OPTION},
59 {"from", required_argument, NULL, FROM_OPTION},
60 {"no-dereference", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
61 {"no-preserve-root", no_argument, NULL, NO_PRESERVE_ROOT},
62 {"preserve-root", no_argument, NULL, PRESERVE_ROOT},
63 {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
64 {"silent", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
65 {"reference", required_argument, NULL, REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION},
66 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
67 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
68 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
69 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
72 void
73 usage (int status)
75 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
76 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
77 program_name);
78 else
80 printf (_("\
81 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...\n\
82 or: %s [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...\n\
83 "),
84 program_name, program_name);
85 fputs (_("\
86 Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n\
87 With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
88 \n\
89 -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
90 --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
91 the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
92 "), stdout);
93 fputs (_("\
94 -h, --no-dereference affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
95 file (useful only on systems that can change the\n\
96 ownership of a symlink)\n\
97 "), stdout);
98 fputs (_("\
99 --from=CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP\n\
100 change the owner and/or group of each file only if\n\
101 its current owner and/or group match those specified\n\
102 here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match\n\
103 is not required for the omitted attribute\n\
104 "), stdout);
105 fputs (_("\
106 --no-preserve-root do not treat `/' specially (the default)\n\
107 --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on `/'\n\
108 "), stdout);
109 fputs (_("\
110 -f, --silent, --quiet suppress most error messages\n\
111 --reference=RFILE use RFILE's owner and group rather than\n\
112 specifying OWNER:GROUP values\n\
113 -R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively\n\
114 -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed\n\
116 "), stdout);
117 fputs (_("\
118 The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R\n\
119 option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the final\n\
120 one takes effect.\n\
122 -H if a command line argument is a symbolic link\n\
123 to a directory, traverse it\n\
124 -L traverse every symbolic link to a directory\n\
125 encountered\n\
126 -P do not traverse any symbolic links (default)\n\
128 "), stdout);
129 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
130 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
131 fputs (_("\
133 Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged if missing, but changed\n\
134 to login group if implied by a `:' following a symbolic OWNER.\n\
135 OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic.\n\
136 "), stdout);
137 printf (_("\
139 Examples:\n\
140 %s root /u Change the owner of /u to \"root\".\n\
141 %s root:staff /u Likewise, but also change its group to \"staff\".\n\
142 %s -hR root /u Change the owner of /u and subfiles to \"root\".\n\
144 program_name, program_name, program_name);
145 emit_ancillary_info ();
147 exit (status);
151 main (int argc, char **argv)
153 bool preserve_root = false;
155 uid_t uid = -1; /* Specified uid; -1 if not to be changed. */
156 gid_t gid = -1; /* Specified gid; -1 if not to be changed. */
158 /* Change the owner (group) of a file only if it has this uid (gid).
159 -1 means there's no restriction. */
160 uid_t required_uid = -1;
161 gid_t required_gid = -1;
163 /* Bit flags that control how fts works. */
164 int bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
166 /* 1 if --dereference, 0 if --no-dereference, -1 if neither has been
167 specified. */
168 int dereference = -1;
170 struct Chown_option chopt;
171 bool ok;
172 int optc;
174 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
175 set_program_name (argv[0]);
176 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
177 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
178 textdomain (PACKAGE);
180 atexit (close_stdout);
182 chopt_init (&chopt);
184 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "HLPRcfhv", long_options, NULL))
185 != -1)
187 switch (optc)
189 case 'H': /* Traverse command-line symlinks-to-directories. */
190 bit_flags = FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL;
191 break;
193 case 'L': /* Traverse all symlinks-to-directories. */
194 bit_flags = FTS_LOGICAL;
195 break;
197 case 'P': /* Traverse no symlinks-to-directories. */
198 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
199 break;
201 case 'h': /* --no-dereference: affect symlinks */
202 dereference = 0;
203 break;
205 case DEREFERENCE_OPTION: /* --dereference: affect the referent
206 of each symlink */
207 dereference = 1;
208 break;
210 case NO_PRESERVE_ROOT:
211 preserve_root = false;
212 break;
214 case PRESERVE_ROOT:
215 preserve_root = true;
216 break;
218 case REFERENCE_FILE_OPTION:
219 reference_file = optarg;
220 break;
222 case FROM_OPTION:
224 char *u_dummy, *g_dummy;
225 const char *e = parse_user_spec (optarg,
226 &required_uid, &required_gid,
227 &u_dummy, &g_dummy);
228 if (e)
229 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", e, quote (optarg));
230 break;
233 case 'R':
234 chopt.recurse = true;
235 break;
237 case 'c':
238 chopt.verbosity = V_changes_only;
239 break;
241 case 'f':
242 chopt.force_silent = true;
243 break;
245 case 'v':
246 chopt.verbosity = V_high;
247 break;
249 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
250 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
251 default:
252 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
256 if (chopt.recurse)
258 if (bit_flags == FTS_PHYSICAL)
260 if (dereference == 1)
261 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
262 _("-R --dereference requires either -H or -L"));
263 dereference = 0;
266 else
268 bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
270 chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0);
272 if (argc - optind < (reference_file ? 1 : 2))
274 if (argc <= optind)
275 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
276 else
277 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
278 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
281 if (reference_file)
283 struct stat ref_stats;
284 if (stat (reference_file, &ref_stats))
285 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
286 quote (reference_file));
288 uid = ref_stats.st_uid;
289 gid = ref_stats.st_gid;
290 chopt.user_name = uid_to_name (ref_stats.st_uid);
291 chopt.group_name = gid_to_name (ref_stats.st_gid);
293 else
295 const char *e = parse_user_spec (argv[optind], &uid, &gid,
296 &chopt.user_name, &chopt.group_name);
297 if (e)
298 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", e, quote (argv[optind]));
300 /* If a group is specified but no user, set the user name to the
301 empty string so that diagnostics say "ownership :GROUP"
302 rather than "group GROUP". */
303 if (!chopt.user_name && chopt.group_name)
304 chopt.user_name = bad_cast ("");
306 optind++;
309 if (chopt.recurse && preserve_root)
311 static struct dev_ino dev_ino_buf;
312 chopt.root_dev_ino = get_root_dev_ino (&dev_ino_buf);
313 if (chopt.root_dev_ino == NULL)
314 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
315 quote ("/"));
318 bit_flags |= FTS_DEFER_STAT;
319 ok = chown_files (argv + optind, bit_flags,
320 uid, gid,
321 required_uid, required_gid, &chopt);
323 chopt_free (&chopt);
325 exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);