LCHOWN(3)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 LCHOWN(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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       implemented on OS.


NNAAMMEE
       lchown -- change the owner and group of a symbolic link

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int lchown(const char *_p_a_t_h, uid_t _o_w_n_e_r, gid_t _g_r_o_u_p);

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The _l_c_h_o_w_n() function shall be equivalent to _c_h_o_w_n(), except in the
       case where the named file is a symbolic link. In this case, _l_c_h_o_w_n()
       shall change the ownership of the symbolic link file itself, while
       _c_h_o_w_n() changes the ownership of the file or directory to which the
       symbolic link refers.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       Upon successful completion, _l_c_h_o_w_n() shall return 0. Otherwise, it
       shall return -1 and set _e_r_r_n_o to indicate an error.

EERRRROORRSS
       The _l_c_h_o_w_n() function shall fail if:

       EEAACCCCEESS Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix of
              _p_a_t_h.

       EEIINNVVAALL The owner or group ID is not a value supported by the
              implementation.

       EELLOOOOPP  A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of
              the _p_a_t_h argument.

       EENNAAMMEETTOOOOLLOONNGG
              The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
              {NAME_MAX}.

       EENNOOEENNTT A component of _p_a_t_h does not name an existing file or _p_a_t_h is an
              empty string.

       EENNOOTTDDIIRR
              A component of the path prefix names an existing file that is
              neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory, or the
              _p_a_t_h argument contains at least one non-<slash> character and
              ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters and the last
              pathname component names an existing file that is neither a
              directory nor a symbolic link to a directory.

       EEPPEERRMM  The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
              the process does not have appropriate privileges.

       EERROOFFSS  The file resides on a read-only file system.

       The _l_c_h_o_w_n() function may fail if:

       EEIIOO    An I/O error occurred while reading or writing to the file
              system.

       EEIINNTTRR  A signal was caught during execution of the function.

       EELLOOOOPP  More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during
              resolution of the _p_a_t_h argument.

       EENNAAMMEETTOOOOLLOONNGG
              The length of a pathname exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or pathname
              resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result
              with a length that exceeds {PATH_MAX}.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
   CChhaannggiinngg tthhee CCuurrrreenntt OOwwnneerr ooff aa FFiillee
       The following example shows how to change the ownership of the symbolic
       link named //mmoodduulleess//ppaassss11 to the user ID associated with ``jones'' and
       the group ID associated with ``cnd''.

       The numeric value for the user ID is obtained by using the _g_e_t_p_w_n_a_m()
       function. The numeric value for the group ID is obtained by using the
       _g_e_t_g_r_n_a_m() function.

           ##iinncclluuddee <<ssyyss//ttyyppeess..hh>>
           ##iinncclluuddee <<uunniissttdd..hh>>
           ##iinncclluuddee <<ppwwdd..hh>>
           ##iinncclluuddee <<ggrrpp..hh>>

           struct passwd *pwd;
           struct group  *grp;
           char          *path = "/modules/pass1";
           ...
           pwd = getpwnam("jones");
           grp = getgrnam("cnd");
           lchown(path, pwd->pw_uid, grp->gr_gid);

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       On implementations which support symbolic links as directory entries
       rather than files, _l_c_h_o_w_n() may fail.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _c_h_o_w_n(), _s_y_m_l_i_n_k()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <<uunniissttdd..hh>>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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