1LFC_CHOWN(3)                 LFC Library Functions                LFC_CHOWN(3)
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NAME

6       lfc_chown  - change owner and group of a LFC directory/file in the name
7       server
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <sys/types.h>
11       #include "lfc_api.h"
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13       int lfc_chown (const char *path, uid_t new_uid, gid_t new_gid)
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15       int lfc_lchown (const char *path, uid_t new_uid, gid_t new_gid)
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DESCRIPTION

18       lfc_chown sets the owner and the group of a LFC directory/file  in  the
19       name  server to the numeric values in owner and group respectively.  If
20       owner or group is specified as -1, lfc_chown() does not change the cor‐
21       responding ID of the file.
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23       lfc_lchown is identical to lfc_chown except for symbolic links: it does
24       not follow the link but changes the ownership of the link itself.
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26       path   specifies the logical  pathname  relative  to  the  current  LFC
27              directory or the full LFC pathname.
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29       To  change  the  owner  ID,  if the group ID does not change and if the
30       caller and the new owner ID belong to that group,  GRP_ADMIN  privilege
31       is  needed,  otherwise the caller must have ADMIN privilege in the Cupv
32       database.  To change the group ID, the effective user ID of the process
33       must  match  the  owner ID of the file and the new group must be in the
34       list of groups the caller belong to or the caller must have ADMIN priv‐
35       ilege in the Cupv database.
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RETURN VALUE

38       This  routine  returns  0  if the operation was successful or -1 if the
39       operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.
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ERRORS

42       EPERM        The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file
43                    and  the  caller does not have ADMIN privilege in the Cupv
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46       ENOENT       The named file/directory does not exist or is a null path‐
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49       EACCES       Search  permission  is  denied  on a component of the path
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52       EFAULT       path is a NULL pointer.
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54       ENOTDIR      A component of path prefix is not a directory.
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56       EINVAL       new_uid or new_gid is invalid.
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58       ENAMETOOLONG The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length  of
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61       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.
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63       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.
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65       SECOMERR     Communication error.
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67       ENSNACT      Name server is not running or is being shutdown.
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SEE ALSO

70       Castor_limits(4), lfc_chdir(3), Cupvlist(1)
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AUTHOR

73       LCG Grid Deployment Team
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77LFC                      $Date: 2003/09/02 07:15:00 $             LFC_CHOWN(3)