[9front] Changing folder owner

[9front] Changing folder owner

[Pär Moberg]

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Hi,
I am hitting a wall when it comes to making a folder for my user in
"/n/other/usr".
What is the right way to do this?
Is it "chmod o+w /n/other/usr" make the folder with my user and then change
it back?
I found chgrp but I didn't get how to work with it.
//Pär

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Re: [9front] Changing folder owner

[Stanley Lieber]

> On Mar 21, 2025, at 6:24 PM, Pär Moberg <ghostdewolf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I am hitting a wall when it comes to making a folder for my user in "/n/other/usr".
> What is the right way to do this?
> Is it "chmod o+w /n/other/usr" make the folder with my user and then change it back?
> I found chgrp but I didn't get how to work with it. 
> //Pär

check out the man page for chgrp. there is a -u flag* to change the owner (rather than the group) of the file.

sl

* i seem to remember a whitepaper arguing against mission creep such as this, but i never worked at bell labs.

[9front] Re: Changing folder owner

[Anthony Martin]

Pär Moberg <ghostdewolf@gmail.com> once said:
> I am hitting a wall when it comes to making a folder for my user in
> "/n/other/usr". What is the right way to do this? Is it "chmod o+w
> /n/other/usr" make the folder with my user and then change it back?

Yes. That's how it's done. Or add your user to the group with
write permissions in the directory.

> I found chgrp but I didn't get how to work with it.

During normal operation, changing the owner of a file is not possible.

You have to use the file server console to allow it. See the
description of the allow command in fs(8) and hjfs(8), the
permit command in gefs(8), or the srv command in fossilcons(8).

Cheers,
  Anthony