fixperm(1M)
fixperm --
correct or initialize file permissions and ownership
Synopsis
/usr/sbin/fixperm [-aCcDfgiLlnOpSsUvwX[-dpackage] [-u package]] specfile
Description
For each line in the specification file
specfile,
fixperm
makes the listed pathname conform to a specification.
fixperm
was historically used by privileged users to configure
a system upon installation.
Non-privileged users can only use
fixperm
with the
-D ,
-f ,
-g ,
-i ,
-L ,
-l ,
-n,
-O,
or
-X
options.
The following options are available:
-a-
All files in the perm file must exist.
This means that files marked as
optional (type letter is in capital letters) must be present.
-C-
Compress all C files.
-c-
Creates empty files and missing directories.
-D-
Lists directories only on standard output.
Does not modify target files.
-dpackage-
Processes input lines beginning with
given package specifier string (see ``Specification File Format,'' below).
The default action is to process all lines.
-f-
Lists files only on standard output.
Does not modify target files.
-g-
Lists all devices on the standard output.
Target files are not modified
(analogous to -l, -f, and -D).
-i-
Checks to see if the selected packages are installed.
Return values are
0-
package completely installed
4-
package not installed
5-
package partially installed
If the equivalent package was installed as a UNIX system package,
-i will not detect it.
-L-
List compressed C files.
-l-
Lists files and directories on standard output.
Does not modify target files.
-n-
Reports errors only.
Does not modify target files.
-O-
Do not list link names.
This option is ignored unless the
-f, -g, -l, -D, or -L options are also specified.
-p-
Check specfile for user id and group id before checking in
/etc/passwd and /etc/group.
-S-
Issues a complaint if files are not in x.out format.
-s-
Modifies special device files in addition to the rest of the permlist.
-U-
Uncompress all C files.
-u package-
Causes similar action to
-d
option but processes items that are not part of the
given package.
-v (verbose)-
Issues a complaint if executable files are 1) word-swapped,
2) not fixed-stack, 3) not separate I and D, or 4) not stripped.
-w-
Lists location (volume number) of the specified files or directories.
-X-
Print only files and directories that are not installed.
This option is ignored unless the
-f, -g, -l, -D, or -L options are also specified.
Specification file format
Each nonblank line in the specification file, specfile,
consists of either a comment or an
item specification.
A comment is any text from a pound sign (``#'') up to the end of the line.
There is one item specification per line.
User and group id numbers must be specified at the top of the
specification file for each user and group mentioned in the file.
An item specification consists of a package specifier,
a permission specification, owner and group specifications, the number
of links on the file, the filename, and an optional
volume number.
The package specifier is an arbitrary string that is the name
of a package within a distribution set.
A package is a set
of files.
A permission specification follows the package specifier.
The permission specification consists of a file type,
followed by a numeric permission specification.
The item specification is one of the following characters:
x-
executable
a-
archive
e-
empty file (create if
-c
option given)
b-
block device
c-
character device
d-
directory
f-
text file
p-
named pipe
If the item specification is given as an uppercase letter,
the file associated with it is optional, and
fixperm
will not return an error message if it does not exist.
The numeric permission conforms to the scheme described in
chmod(1).
The owner and group permissions are in the third column separated
by a slash, such as bin/bin.
The fourth column indicates the number of links.
If there are links to the file, the next line contains the linked filename
with no other information.
The fifth column is a pathname.
The pathname must be relative (not preceded by
a slash (/).
The sixth column is only used for special files, major and
minor device numbers, or volume numbers.
Examples
The following two lines make a distribution
and invoke
tar(1)
to archive only the files in my_package
on /dev/sample :
/usr/sbin/fixperm -f /etc/perm/my_package > list
tar cfF /dev/sample list
This command line reports package errors:
/usr/sbin/fixperm -nd my_package
References
chmod(1),
custom(1M),
fixshlib(1M),
tar(1),
Notices
fixperm
is usually only run by a shell script at installation.
fixperm
should only be run from the directory to which the target files are
relative.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004