ClearCase Support: Changing File Permissions
I am often asked how to change file permissions on elements in ClearCase, so here are some simple examples on how to do it.
For instance, let's assume you have a ClearCase element with these permissions:
Run this command to change the element's permissions. This is equivalent to UNIX's "chmod" command:
This will result with an element with these permissions:
To recursively change permissions for an entire directory (for this example, the /vob/test directory) and all sub-files and sub-directories in that directory, you can run:
Now, let's say you want to change the element's owner and group. This is equivalent to UNIX's "chgrp" and "chown" commands:
This will result with an element with these permissions:
by Phil for Humanity
on 07/28/2007