tomoyo_path_chown(9)

🦋 tomoyo_path_chown 🦋

okay bestie, this is the tomoyo_path_chown(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that one — and we’re gonna read it together like it’s the group chat 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

so tomoyo_path_chown is literally the target for security_path_chown(). that’s the name, that’s the vibe, no cap. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature is giving:

int tomoyo_path_chown (const struct path *path , kuid_t uid , kgid_t gid
);

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• path — pointer to struct path — like, the actual struct, bestie.
• uid — owner ID.
• gid — group ID.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

this one is short and sweet: it returns 0 on success and a negative value otherwise. that’s the whole plot. no extra lore, fr fr. ✅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c, and the whole bestie roster is:

• tomoyo_domain(9)
• tomoyo_cred_prepare(9)
• tomoyo_bprm_committed_creds(9)
• tomoyo_bprm_creds_for_exec(9)
• tomoyo_bprm_check_security(9)
• tomoyo_inode_getattr(9)
• tomoyo_path_truncate(9)
• tomoyo_file_truncate(9)
• tomoyo_path_unlink(9)
• tomoyo_path_mkdir(9)
• tomoyo_path_rmdir(9)
• tomoyo_path_symlink(9)
• tomoyo_path_mknod(9)
• tomoyo_path_link(9)
• tomoyo_path_rename(9)
• tomoyo_file_fcntl(9)
• tomoyo_file_open(9)
• tomoyo_file_ioctl(9)
• tomoyo_path_chmod(9)
• tomoyo_path_chroot(9)
• tomoyo_sb_mount(9)
• tomoyo_sb_umount(9)
• tomoyo_sb_pivotroot(9)
• tomoyo_socket_listen(9)
• tomoyo_socket_connect(9)
• tomoyo_socket_bind(9)
• tomoyo_socket_sendmsg(9)
• tomoyo_task_alloc(9)
• tomoyo_task_free(9)
• tomoyo_init(9)

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xoxo, your local kernel bestie 🧚💖 — source/version: ./security/tomoyo, date: October 2026, page: tomoyo_path_chown(9) 🎀✨