WWCTL(1)

📦 version 4.7.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 wwctl(1) — the overlay chmod glow-up

okay bestie so this page lives in section 1 of the manual, and the little subcommand it's all about is:

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-overlay-chmod — Change file permissions in an overlay

like, it changes perms. inside an overlay. that's the whole gig. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl overlay chmod [OPTIONS] OVERLAY_NAME FILENAME MODE

three little args, one big slay. OVERLAY_NAME, then FILENAME, then MODE. in that exact order, no cap. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: this changes the permissions of a single FILENAME within an overlay. Just one file. Not a whole tree, not a directory, one (1) file. main character energy only 💅

And the MODE? You can use any MODE format supported by the chmod command. literally any of them. if chmod eats it, this eats it. periodt. 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -h, --help[=false] — help for chmod. that's it, that's the option. precious. 🫶

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

these come from the parent command, so you didn't get them here but you absolutely still get to use them:

  • -d, --debug[=false] — Run with debugging messages enabled. when you need the receipts 😭
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — Run with increased verbosity. more words, more lore 💬
  • --warewulfconf="" — Set the warewulf configuration file. (note the default is the empty string "", okay? don't come for me.) 🍓

🧚 EXAMPLE 🧚

here's the moment you've been waiting for:

wwctl overlay chmod default /etc/hostname.ww 0660

overlay is default, file is /etc/hostname.ww, mode is 0660. iconic. screenshot it. 📸

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

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