Date: 19 Jun 2003 16:22:20 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Supote Leelasupphakorn <pjn0211@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what dose the command "chflags" used for ? Message-ID: <44u1alhl6r.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030619064639.55561.qmail@web40601.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030619064639.55561.qmail@web40601.mail.yahoo.com>
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Supote Leelasupphakorn <pjn0211@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Because we have the command "chmod" for change > the > >> permissions of > >> files so what does the command "chflags" used for > and > >> what suituation > >> I must use it ? > > >chflags is used to set system flags on files you > don't want to be > >modified accidentally - most commonly the 'noschg' > flag stops a file > >from being deleted by a normal user. > > >See the man page for more details, and also the -o > option to 'ls' (which > >shows flag settings for files. > > but "chmod 600 <those_file> do the same thing why does > "chflags" come to play ? Flags can't be removed (at all) under raised securelevels. Most of the flags have semantics that can't fully be duplicated with normal file permissions.
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