Manpages - fchmod.3p
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NAME
fchmod — change mode of a file
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stat.h> int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode);
DESCRIPTION
The /fchmod/() function shall be equivalent to /chmod/() except that the file whose permissions are changed is specified by the file descriptor fildes.
If fildes references a shared memory object, the /fchmod/() function need only affect the S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH, and S_IWOTH file permission bits.
If fildes references a typed memory object, the behavior of /fchmod/() is unspecified.
If fildes refers to a socket, the behavior of /fchmod/() is unspecified.
If fildes refers to a STREAM (which is /fattach/()-ed into the file system name space) the call returns successfully, doing nothing.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, fchmod/() shall return 0. Otherwise, it shall return -1 and set /errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The /fchmod/() function shall fail if:
- EBADF
- The fildes argument is not an open file descriptor.
- EPERM
- The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and the process does not have appropriate privileges.
- EROFS
- The file referred to by fildes resides on a read-only file system.
The /fchmod/() function may fail if:
- EINTR
- The /fchmod/() function was interrupted by a signal.
- EINVAL
- The value of the mode argument is invalid.
- EINVAL
- The fildes argument refers to a pipe and the implementation disallows execution of /fchmod/() on a pipe.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Changing the Current Permissions for a File
The following example shows how to change the permissions for a file named /home/cnd/mod1 so that the owner and group have read/write/execute permissions, but the world only has read/write permissions.
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
mode_t mode;
int fildes;
...
fildes = open("/home/cnd/mod1", O_RDWR);
fchmod(fildes, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
/chmod ( )/, /chown ( )/, /creat ( )/, /fcntl ( )/, /fstatat ( )/, /fstatvfs ( )/, /mknod ( )/, /open ( )/, /read ( )/, /write ( )/
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <sys_stat.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology – Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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