PVFS2-CHOWN(1)

💖 PVFS2-CHOWN 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the pvfs2-chown page from the General Commands Manual — section 1, the little corner of Unix where we vibe. this one's all about changing who owns stuff in your OrangeFS volumes. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

pvfs2-chown — modify the owner and group of files in OrangeFS volumes 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pvfs2-chown [-v] user group filename(s)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, the pvfs2-chown utility modifies the owner and the group of the OrangeFS files you point it at. that's it, that's the whole gig, and honestly? iconic behavior.

the user and group you pass in are either numerical or symbolic — no cap. if you go symbolic, those names get looked up on the local system, so keep that in mind.

the options are as follows:

• -v — print the version number and exit. short and sweet. periodt. 💅

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• PVFS2_DEBUGFILE — if you set this to the path of a local file, all that debug output gets redirected into it. bye clutter 👋
• PVFS2_DEBUGMASK — sets the OrangeFS debug mask. the possible masks are documented over in pvfs2-set-debugmask(1), so go peek there if you're curious. iykyk.
• PVFS2TAB_FILE — if set, this is the full pathname for an alternate pvfs2tab file. main character energy, alternate timeline edition. ✨

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• /etc/passwd
• /etc/pvfs2tab

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💜 EXAMPLES 💜

set a file's owner to user and its group to group. so simple, so clean:

pvfs2-chown user group /mnt/foo

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💀 CAVEATS 💀

okay so this is the part where we get a lil serious, bestie, because these details MATTER:

in a network with multiple clients, if the user database isn't synchronized between systems, these settings will have little meaning. they will still be enforced though — which can cause problems if that's not what you wanted. not me warning you twice. 🙈

also, heads up: because OrangeFS is a network file system, any user with access to the network may be able to circumvent file permissions. yeah. that's real. protect your stuff.

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🐛 BUGS 🐛

please submit bug reports to devel@lists.orangefs.org — they wanna hear from you, fr fr. 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• chown(1)
• pvfs2-chmod(1)
• pvfs2-stat(1)
• pvfs2tab(5)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's dated 2017-06-30, from the PVFS2-CHOWN(1) era of things — go forth and own your files (literally). mwah 💋 🎀 ✨