CHKSTAT(8)

NAME
chkstat - Tool to check and set file permissions

SYNOPSIS
chkstat [--set|-set] [--noheader] [[--examine file ]...] [[--files filelist ]...] permission-file ...

DESCRIPTION
The perl script /usr/bin/chkstat is a tool to check and set file permissions.

Multiple permissions files can be given on the commandline. If the permission files contain multiple entries for a single file, the last entry found will be used.

  General Options

--set, -set
    This option enables setting the file permissions, the default is to check and warn only.

--noheader
    Omit printing the output header lines.

--examine file
    Check permissions for this file and not all files listed in the permissions files.

--files filelist
    Check permissions for the files listed in filelist and not for all files listed in the permissions files.

EXAMPLE

The command

    chkstat -set /etc/permissions

will parse the file /etc/permissions and set the access mode and the user- and group memberships each file listed. The format for the input file is

FILEPATH OWNER:GROUP MODE

and wildcards are not supported for the filepath. Lines starting with '#' and empty lines are treated as comments.

COPYRIGHT
1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.

AUTHOR
Reinhold Sojer (http:/www.suse.de/feedback)

Useful changes and additions by Tobias Burnus <burnus@gmx.de>