<!ELEMENT ownership (option?, name+)> <!ATTLIST ownership base CDATA #IMPLIED user CDATA #IMPLIED group CDATA #IMPLIED>
This element occurs in : Element : <alfs> | Element: <stage>
See also : Element: <option> | Element: <name>
The ownership element is one of the top-level operation elements. It is used to perform a group and/or user ownership change on a file or set of files
The option child-element provides a means to pass an option to the chown command.
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The name child-element contains the name of the file (or directory) whose ownership is to be changed. This child-element can accept both names and group numbers.
The base attribute allows you to specify the directory in which the operation will be performed. For a better description, see Element : <base>.
The user attribute specifies the name of the user which will own the file or directory. This child-element can accept both names and user numbers. See Element: <user>.
The group attribute specifies the name of the group which will own the file or directory.
The first example uses symbolic names.
<ownership user="root" group="root"> <option>recursive</option> <name>/etc/rc.d</name> <name>/etc/sysconfig</name> </ownership>
The equivalent bash script is :
echo Changing group of /etc/rc.d to root chgrp -R root /etc/rc.d echo Changing owner of /etc/rc.d to root chown -R root /etc/rc.d echo Changing group of /etc/sysconfig to root chgrp -R root /etc/sysconfig echo Changing owner of /etc/sysconfig to root chown -R root /etc/sysconfig
The second example uses numeric values (0 = root).
<ownership user="0" group="0"> <option>recursive</option> <name>/etc/rc.d</name> <name>/etc/sysconfig</name> </ownership>
The equivalent bash script is :
echo Changing group of /etc/rc.d to 0 chgrp -R 0 /etc/rc.d echo Changing owner of /etc/rc.d to 0 chown -R 0 /etc/rc.d echo Changing group of /etc/sysconfig to 0 chgrp -R 0 /etc/sysconfig echo Changing owner of /etc/sysconfig to 0 chown -R 0 /etc/sysconfig