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diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1 b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1adcb80 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1 @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)chgrp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 +.\" +.Dd March 31, 1994 +.Dt CHGRP 1 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm chgrp +.Nd change group +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm chgrp +.Oo +.Fl R +.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P +.Oc +.Op Fl f +.Ar group +.Ar files ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each +.Ar file +operand to the +.Ar group +ID specified by the group operand. +.Pp +Options: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl H +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. +(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) +.It Fl L +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. +.It Fl P +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. +.It Fl R +Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted +in the files instead of just the files themselves. +.It Fl f +The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't +query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions). +.El +.Pp +Symbolic links don't have groups, so unless the +.Fl H +or +.Fl L +option is set, +.Nm chgrp +on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect. +The +.Fl H , +.Fl L +and +.Fl P +options are ignored unless the +.Fl R +option is specified. +In addition, these options override each other and the +command's actions are determined by the last one specified. +.Pp +The +.Ar group +operand can be either a group name from the group database, +or a numeric group ID. +If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a +group name. +.Pp +The user invoking +.Nm chgrp +must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file, +or be the super-user. +.Pp +The +.Nm chgrp +utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +Previous versions of the +.Nm chgrp +utility changed the group of symbolic links specified on the command +line. +In this system, symbolic links do not have groups. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact +.It Pa /etc/group +Group ID file +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chown 2 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr fts 3 , +.Xr symlink 7 , +.Xr chown 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm chgrp +utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |