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CHKSTAT(8)	    Tool to check and set file permissions	    CHKSTAT(8)

NAME
       chkstat - Tool to check and set file permissions

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

DESCRIPTION
       The program /usr/bin/chkstat is a tool to check and  set	 file  permis‐
       sions.

       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.

       --root directory
	      Prefix the files given in the permissions files by  this	direc‐
	      tory.

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.

       2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH

AUTHORS
       Reinhold Sojer, Ruediger Oertel, Michael Schroeder

       Useful changes and additions by Tobias Burnus

3rd Berkeley Distribution	  2008-04-17			    CHKSTAT(8)

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