PTS_CHOWN(1) AFS Command Reference PTS_CHOWN(1)NAMEpts_chown - Changes the owner of a Protection Database entry
SYNOPSIS
pts chown -name <group name> -owner <new owner>
[-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-force] [-help]
pts cho -na <group name> -o <new owner>
[-c <cell name>] [-no] [-l] [-f] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The pts chown command designates the user or group named by the -owner
argument as the owner of the group named by the -name argument, and
records the new owner in the owner field of the group's Protection
Database entry.
In the case of regular groups, this command automatically changes the
group name's owner prefix (the part of the group name before the colon)
to match the new owner. If the new owner is itself a group, then only
its owner prefix, not its complete name, becomes the owner prefix in
the new name. The change to the owner prefix does not propagate to any
groups owned by the group, however. To make the owner prefix of such
group-owned groups reflect the new owning group, use the pts rename
command.
It is not possible to change a user or machine entry's owner from the
default set at creation time, the system:administrators group.
CAUTIONS
While designating a machine as a group's owner does not cause an error,
it is not recommended. The Protection Server does not extend the usual
privileges of group ownership to users logged onto the machine.
OPTIONS-name <group name>
Specifies the current name of the group to which to assign a new
owner.
-owner <new owner>
Names the user or group to become the group's owner.
-cell <cell name>
Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see
pts(1).
-force
Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when
errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at
the first error.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
-localauth
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
/usr/afs/etc/KeyFile file. Do not combine this flag with the -cell
or -noauth options. For more details, see pts(1).
-noauth
Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more
details, see pts(1).
EXAMPLES
The following example changes the owner of the group "terry:friends"
from the user "terry" to the user "pat". A side effect is that the
group name changes to "pat:friends".
% pts chown -name terry:friends -owner pat
The following example changes the owner of the group "terry:friends"
from the user "terry" to the group "pat:buddies". A side effect is that
the group name changes to "pat:friends".
% pts chown -name terry:friends -owner pat:buddies
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group or currently
own the group.
SEE ALSOpts(1), pts_rename(1)COPYRIGHT
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