Originally posted by: sidharth2009

Hi All,

the file permission of particulr file is

-rw-r--r-- 1 abcadm sapsys 141 Jun 02 2009 test.log

Now i change

**chmod 777 test.log**

I get

-rwxrwxrwx 1 abcadm sapsys 141 Jun 02 2009 test.log

i cleared the screen.

I dont remember original values or permissions for this file test.log ,

At this juncture

Now If i want to Revert the permissions for this file test.log , to original values.

Is there any Command.
Kindly suggest
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Originally posted by: sidharth2009

Guys, All these commands IBM AIX 5.3
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Originally posted by: Kosala

AFAIK, POSIX inode struct (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode) does not have a field to keep the previous user rights. So I do not expect a command to do what you're looking for.

HTH,
Kosala
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Originally posted by: hdkutz

Hello,
if the Permissions were
-rw-r--r--
simply execute
chmod 644 test.log
to get back the old permissions.
man chmod
will guide you in setting permissions.

Cheers,
ku
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Originally posted by: j.gann

some backup/restore software will allow you to only restore the permissions.

see restore(1)'s -P option

providing you have a backup that is.
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