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Topic: Get/set Unix file 'owner'? (Read 4359 times)
AlexTP
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Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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June 17, 2021, 09:12:07 pm »
CudaText runs 'pkexec /bin/cp old_filename new_filename'.
It works OK but the owner of that file changes from 'root' to my name.
Can I change the owner of a file?
Can I read the owner of a file?
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winni
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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June 17, 2021, 09:37:41 pm »
Hi!
The unit
BaseUnix
has a wapper for the Unix command
chown
:
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Function
FpChown
(
const
path
:
RawByteString
;
owner
:
TUid
;
group
:
TGid
)
:
cInt
;
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June 17, 2021, 10:00:02 pm »
To run the 'pkexec --user username' I need the string-user-name of file owner. How to get it?
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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June 17, 2021, 10:08:13 pm »
don't you need elevated rights (sudo) to assign "root" as the owner?
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winni
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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Reply #4 on:
June 17, 2021, 10:08:42 pm »
Hi
Use the Unix command
id
:
To get the UserID:
Code: Bash
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id
-u
winni
To get the GroupId:
Code: Bash
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id
-g
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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June 17, 2021, 10:10:14 pm »
Quote from: skalogryz on June 17, 2021, 10:08:13 pm
don't you need elevated rights (sudo) to assign "root" as the owner?
Yes
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winni
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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Reply #6 on:
June 17, 2021, 10:36:43 pm »
Hi!
Oops - you need it vice versa.
For UserId 1000 you use:
Code: Bash
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grep
-
w
1000
/
etc
/
passwd
It returns in my case:
Code: Text
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winni:x:1000:100::/home/winni:/bin/bash
which is:
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UserName:pwd:UserID:GroupID:comment:HomeDirectory:shell
Winni
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Re: Get/set Unix file 'owner'?
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June 17, 2021, 11:21:28 pm »
Thanks.
I found that 'pkexec /bin/mv' does NOT set root owner. But 'pkexec /bin/cp filename /etc/filename' does it! Solved.
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