xenstore-chmod(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is xenstore-chmod(1) — the Xen manual page that sets the permissions of a Xenstore key. it's giving permission glow-up, and that's literally its whole job. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xenstore-chmod [OPTION]... [KEY] [PERM]...

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

xenstore-chmod sets the permissions of the Xenstore KEY. that's the vibe.

PERM has the format LD, where L is a letter for the type of permission and D is the corresponding domain ID. iykyk.

the permission types are:

• r — read
• w — write
• b — read and write (both)
• n — no access

the first permission entry is doing main-character double duty: it's the domain owning the key (the owner), and it's the permissions for any domain not explicitly listed in subsequent entries. 💅

the key owner always has full access (read, write, and set permissions). no take-backs, bestie.

then the flags:

• -r — apply the permissions to the key and all its children.
• -u — apply the permissions to the key and all its parents.

💀 BUGS 💀

send bugs to xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, and see https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Reporting_Bugs_against_Xen_Project on how to send bug reports. fr fr, the Xen devs want the deets.

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byeee 🫶 this was xenstore-chmod(1) — source/version 4.20.5-pre, dated 2026-10-16. slay and stay permission-pretty ✨